"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
What a mess !A comet is hard to land on !
Systems Thinking can solve this problem:
analyse the problem then find solutions in a holistic manner
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
thick bastard !
alrighty will give it a lookyloo m8s
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_thinking ha it's actually a term of art, not a djm original?
― caek, Thursday, 13 November 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Yes! It's a big social engineering/human behavior thing!
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Thursday, 13 November 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
― caek, Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:48 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― max, Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:48 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lmaooo this really lived up to the hype cheers
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
systems thinking is basically like when you call comcast and they tell you to unplug the modem, wait 30 seconds, then plug it back in
― ya'll are the ones who don't know things (Karl Malone), Thursday, 13 November 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
SVEN and TORD unaware of SYSTEMS GOTHWAVE/IDM DEVELOPMENTS. still playing KAISER CHIEFS in DRESSING ROOM... KRAUTS AND SPICS make us LAUGHING STOCK. Barwick needs to act NOW. VINI REILLY must be installed as ROBOT PRIME MINISTER― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, May 9, 2006 3:09 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
\(O_O)/
― lag∞n, Thursday, 13 November 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link