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Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE !
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[quote:Halcyon Dayz, FCD:MV8yNTk4OTk2XzUxNDc3MTgwXzgyM0FCQzVB] [quote:Anonymous Coward 69915656:MV8yNTk4OTk2XzUxNDczNjYyXzc4OUE3MTJB] Rosetta uses a 2.9 watt transmitter and New Horizons has a 4.4-28 watt transmitter, these power levels are a small fraction of the electrical power of your average household light bulb.. but we're supposed to believe that they can transmit data of such quality over millions and millions of miles across atmosphere and solar space while you can't even get a cell phone reading in South Dakota. [/quote] Argument from personal incredulity. Find me a communications engineer that thinks that it is impossible. Not some random nutjob on the internet. [quote:Anonymous Coward 69915656:MV8yNTk4OTk2XzUxNDczNjYyXzc4OUE3MTJB] No, more likely the transmission datas are being sent back from a sattelite in Earth orbit that beams down a lie... and everyone at ESA and NASA are fooled into believing the data they receive, meanwhile on a remote island a handful of controllers on a "need-to-know" basis are running the show... it's all for public consumption.. they want you to believe what they need you to believe, plain and simple. [/quote] And a MASSIVE CONSPIRACY is the simpler explanation? Really, the obvious and simple explanation is that you are simple. :book: [/quote]
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I want to use this thread to highlight news from the Rosetta comet mission.
Ten years ago the European Space Agency ( ESA ) launched the Rosetta comet chaser to rendezvous with comet 67P, go into orbit around it and land a probe on its surface.
120 Icy Patches - by last September
Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 69)
thanks FBVA
Philae Phones Home
Great news, thanks F-BVFA
Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 68)
Ceres fly over video
Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 67)
New Coma Discovery
Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 67)
Pictures MOTHER LODE !
- There are
hundreds
thousands of images from Rosetta, this post will always point to the most recent NAVCAM or OSIRIS picture. Updated several times per week. ( Thanks F-BVFA )
Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 67)
Ceres Spot Shot
Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 66)
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Thread: Rosetta Comet Orbiter -** 120 Icy Patches ** Philae Phones Home ** Ceres Fly Over Video ** New Coma Discovery ** Picture MOTHER LODE ! (Page 66)
When the Rosetta mission is complete we will know so much more about comets, their composition and formation. Comets have been a cause of fear and fascination throughout human history, within the next few months many long standing mysteries will be solved.
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