wow i hope everyone is okay
― lag∞n, Friday, 22 August 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
would that be as big as the one that finished off the dinosaurs?
― autumn reckoning faction (xelab), Friday, 22 August 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
about the same size
― caek, Friday, 22 August 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
the real mystery is why they were all standing in the same spot
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 22 August 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
they was all in Noah's Ark iirc
― Daphnis Celesta, Sunday, 24 August 2014 09:55 (nine years ago) link
Noah's arc of descent morelike
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 August 2014 10:33 (nine years ago) link
http://secondlanguage.blogspot.com/2014/08/academic-virtues.html
i love this post with the fire of one thousand suns
― caek, Monday, 25 August 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
I'm such a terrible citizen, I would never have guessed that landing an unmanned satellite thingy on a comet was...a thing? I mean we landed on the moon. A comet is a challenge?? This is a little disingenuous and I'm watching a news spot about it now.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:07 (nine years ago) link
It took 10 years?? What have scientists been doing all this time?
http://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/avZGG4q_460sa_v1.gif --caek
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
"We" didn't land on the moon, the US government did, which has trouble starting a website now.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
uh i dont see any mention of the obummer or shrillary in there ur slippin m8
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
insignificant puppets both
anyhow i thought comets were all flamey; just when ppl are watching, i guess
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
I sorta admire the dig at "has trouble starting a website now" if you're referring to healthcare.gov's failures to launch during a government shutdown over a year ago.
― pplains, Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:42 (nine years ago) link
And I don't know what happened there, but it wasn't me.
http://i.imgur.com/ONTDWjS.png
― pplains, Thursday, 13 November 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
landing on comets is hard because they are small and move on weird orbits
them being small is a problem for two reasons (1) small target! (2) low gravity which means very little room for error.
like they did as good a job as they could on this one, and it *still* bounced up ~1km
it's a big deal scientifically because planets are made out of comets so we learn about how planetary systems formed, how earth formed, how earth got its atmosphere, etc., etc.
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2P1UPJCMAAVpBX.png
https://twitter.com/roseveleth/status/532538957490561024
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
lol europe, cool eyewear bro
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
http://smallpondscience.com/2014/11/12/new-requirement-for-scientists-you-cannot-be-a-sexist-pigdog/
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
one of the things i find most moving about space exploration is that you literally can't do it on your own. it requires a team.
and then you get dudes like that.
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:25 (nine years ago) link
xxp Thanks! That all makes sense. I guess it's more that if you had asked me before yesterday, Have we ever landed anything on a comet, I probably would have been like, Idk, surely we must have by now?
Anyway. Comets!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
previously we had smashed like a ton of copper into a comet for the lols, but that was recent
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)
the guy fieri of science xposts
― bizarro gazzara, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
feel like the fact that europe gently landed a spacecraft on a comet, while america fired a lump of metal into a comet and named the mission after a movie is a metaphor for something
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/ITS_Impact.gif🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
first bounce took 2 hours, eh
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
planets are made out of comets
i need to sit down
― goole, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
Like a stolen checkbook.
― pplains, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:57 (nine years ago) link
Have they gendered it yet? http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/might-not-be-politically-correct-enough-you-overly-1411
― ljubljana, Thursday, 13 November 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
I want to call it dottie
― $0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
― goole, Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:55 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
electricity comes from other planets
― a total laugh package (s.clover), Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:02 (nine years ago) link
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Yeah, I guess "Halley" was taken, after all.
― pplains, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:03 (nine years ago) link
― caek, Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:25 AM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
feel like this is generally interesting as far as technology/knowledge, like its unfathomable that someone could be smart enough to figure out how to send a lil dude through space for ten years and land on this guy so far away, but really no one is that smart
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:05 (nine years ago) link
― goole, Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:55 AM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
jesus was an alien
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
Planets are made out of comets and comets are made out of stars
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I mean it's kind of a trivial statement that one person can't physically build a space mission, like one person can't build a cathedral.
But yeah more interesting is the fact that one person cannot conceive a space mission or hold it in their head.
Systems thinking
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
Jesus was an alien though it's true
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:09 (nine years ago) link
only 90s kids will understand
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
they are all made of stars
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
humans evolved from fungus spores that floated here through space
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:23 (nine years ago) link
accidentally logged into yr fb account btw sry
http://i.imgur.com/0Lty2Aj.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 17:50 (nine years ago) link
Lol
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:00 (nine years ago) link
― caek, Thursday, November 13, 2014 12:08 PM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
will never be able to hear this phrase without thinking about liverpool tickets fiasco
― max, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
are you LISTENING
― goole, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
me too, that fiasco tainted my enjoyment of yesterday definitely
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
here is some good SYSTEMS THINKING
http://i.imgur.com/xfGY0Fb.jpg
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
what was the ticket fiasco
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
Liverpool Tickets Fiasco
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
oh man joe you are in for a classic incomprehensible british humor/dj martian clowning/ronan and gareth at their finest treat
― max, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link