Philae

[Phone]

Sry,

 

I meant the space station - 4 min and in that transmission sequence is what I saw on one of the sites I was reading. I really don't know

 

Phone

[Phone]

All,

 

This is cut and paste

 

The transmissions are relayed through Rosetta’s radio equipment and travel at the speed of light - almost 186,400 miles/300,000km per second.

However, because Earth is so far away it takes around half an hour for the signals to be received by mission control in Darmstadt, Germany.

Complex antennas are required to pick up space radio frequency communications as the signals are relatively weak by the time they arrive on Earth.

For comparison, the distance between Rosetta and Earth is around than three times the distance between the Earth and the sun.

Phone

[gozzer]

After watching the news and seeing the photos, I had a thought. Wouldn't it be ironic if the small weight of the probe was just enough to slightly change the trajectory of the comet, so it would eventually crash into the earth?

Just a thought.

 

John.

[Andrew]

After watching the news and seeing the photos, I had a thought. Wouldn't it be ironic if the small weight of the probe was just enough to slightly change the trajectory of the comet, so it would eventually crash into the earth?

Just a thought.

 

John.

 

 

Then that baldy headed actor Bruce Willis really could save the earth and its earthlings for real then eh

[gozzer]

Then that baldy headed actor Bruce Willis really could save the earth and its earthlings for real then eh

 

Yup, that would be good. I bet they'd even make a film about it.

 

John.

[Sportsman]

It's a trick !!

 

It's all being filmed in the room next door !!! :bleh:

 

That's just silly.

They will be using the same studio that the filmed the moon landings in.

[Ken L]

Having recently watched the latest in sci-fi in the shape of Interstellar, I'll take the real thing any day - -it's bl00dy dreadful film.

[snakey1]

Haven't seen it yet Ken but the trailers didn't look hopeful

[Chris Plumb]

Philae has woken up!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33126885

 

C.

Edited June 14, 2015 by Chris Plumb

[gozzer]

Is it it's proximity to the sun, or aliens with jump leads?

 

John.