Philae
Quite an interesting day for those of us interested in spacetravel. Only two more hours before (hopfully) the first ever landing on a comet. I'm really curious to see how this will pan out. 
I'd prefer if they landed on a Rudolph.
Don't listen to the negative Nancey's in here, it sounds interesting to me. 
It's certainly very interesting. Space is mankind's future whether we like it or not, so it's always a huge step when we do something we've never done there before. At this point, landing on a comet was probably the best and smartest next step to take in space travel, but I'd be lying if I said there weren't discoveries in space I'd like to see explored and studied much more than comets.
i thought you guys didn't believe in space
I had no idea this was happening. Pretty cool.
I’m on the surface
Yay!
but my harpoons did not fire. My team is hard at work now trying to determine why.
Oh noes!!
It's certainly very interesting. Space is mankind's future whether we like it or not, so it's always a huge step when we do something we've never done there before. At this point, landing on a comet was probably the best and smartest next step to take in space travel, but I'd be lying if I said there weren't discoveries in space I'd like to see explored and studied much more than comets.
Yeah. It's a real shame how little funding space exploration, and science in general receives. According to Wikipedia, ESA's annual budget is just €4.28 billion, while NASA got €13.56 in 2013. Chump change, in both cases... We could have done that manned flight to Mars 20 years ago, and who knows what we'd be up to by now with the proper funding?
I’m on the surface
Yay!
but my harpoons did not fire. My team is hard at work now trying to determine why.
Oh noes!!
It's certainly very interesting. Space is mankind's future whether we like it or not, so it's always a huge step when we do something we've never done there before. At this point, landing on a comet was probably the best and smartest next step to take in space travel, but I'd be lying if I said there weren't discoveries in space I'd like to see explored and studied much more than comets.
Yeah. It's a real shame how little funding space exploration, and science in general receives. According to Wikipedia, ESA's annual budget is just €4.28 billion, while NASA got €13.56 in 2013. Chump change, in both cases... We could have done that manned flight to Mars 20 years ago, and who knows what we'd be up to by now with the proper funding?
It's certainly very interesting. Space is mankind's future whether we like it or not, so it's always a huge step when we do something we've never done there before. At this point, landing on a comet was probably the best and smartest next step to take in space travel, but I'd be lying if I said there weren't discoveries in space I'd like to see explored and studied much more than comets.
Space is just a void of nothingness its not like what you see with Star Wars or Halo or any Sci-fi theme any of you people are thinking now.
I just find ironic that Humans beings can do stuff like this yet at the same time we still have archaic crap like Popes, Monarchs and bible thumping idiots.
Space is just a void of nothingness its not like what you see with Star Wars or Halo or any Sci-fi theme any of you people are thinking now.
I just find ironic that Humans beings can do stuff like this yet at the same time we still have archaic crap like Popes, Monarchs and bible thumping idiots.
You know, you should learn to keep that unrelated stuff in the equally unrelated topics.
Anyway, space travel is essential for the long-term survival of humanity, in my opinion, not to mention that most, if not all, of the technology created for space travel has constant and widespread use here on Earth.
Anyway, space travel is essential for the long-term survival of humanity, in my opinion, not to mention that most, if not all, of the technology created for space travel has constant and widespread use here on Earth.
And then we discover an asteroid that will destroy us in less than 10 years! BOOM! The end 
Space is just a void of nothingness its not like what you see with Star Wars or Halo or any Sci-fi theme any of you people are thinking now.
Real, intelligent aliens would, I hope, be lot more interesting than simply humans with slightly weird faces.
I don't comprehend how someone can NOT be interested in space exploration, unless they just totally lack an imagination. Just thinking about the size of Jupiter compared to earth is enough to send chills down my spine. And, without even getting into exoplanets and considering anything outside of our own solar system at all, there's so much to see and learn here alone. For instance, how about sending a drill sub to Europa, or a Mars lander into one of the holes on that planet? (Rather than just roving around on safe plains)
That's just a few exciting mission ideas that would have wide public appeal. Of course, something doesn't have to sound exciting to a layman to lead into big discoveries; space is where you'll learn the history of earth and the universe. Why are we here, how does it all work and how did it happen?
Real, intelligent aliens would, I hope, be lot more interesting than simply humans with slightly weird faces.
I don't comprehend how someone can NOT be interested in space exploration, unless they just totally lack an imagination. Just thinking about the size of Jupiter compared to earth is enough to send chills down my spine. And, without even getting into exoplanets and considering anything outside of our own solar system at all, there's so much to see and learn here alone. For instance, how about sending a drill sub to Europa, or a Mars lander into one of the holes on that planet?
(Rather than just roving around on safe plains)That's just a few exciting mission ideas that would have wide public appeal. Of course, something doesn't have to sound exciting to a layman to lead into big discoveries; space is where you'll learn the history of earth and the universe. Why are we here, how does it all work and how did it happen?
I don't comprehend how someone can NOT be interested in space exploration, unless they just totally lack an imagination. Just thinking about the size of Jupiter compared to earth is enough to send chills down my spine. And, without even getting into exoplanets and considering anything outside of our own solar system at all, there's so much to see and learn here alone. For instance, how about sending a drill sub to Europa, or a Mars lander into one of the holes on that planet? (Rather than just roving around on safe plains)
Just because its big dosent mean its intesresting.
Just because its big dosent mean its intesresting.
I wish there'd be more independent space expeditions. These days they'd be very much possible with Kickstarter and stuff like that. If a video game can gather two million dollars, I'm sure many people could gather the money to build their own rovers and satellites to send to space. It'd be nice to see somebody who ACTUALLY wants to discover things from space and release them to the public to do this. Not this NASA style crap where they carefully pick which photos will be released to the public. Even the ones that are have been blurred and edited beyond recognition. Heck, I'm still not 100% confident all those pictures even are from Mars.
How about sending a rover into the holes in Mars, as Scratcher said? How about actually taking the rover to study and take pictures of things that seem curious? NASA is all like: "No, we're digging sand for pointless reasons instead of looking at this horse fossil we can clearly see in the picture". How about exploring the Cydonia pyramids and sphinx, as well as the countless other structures there, and determine once and for all if Mars once had intelligent life and if it was in connection with Earth? Heck, Cydonia would be the FIRST place I'd send a rover to if I was them, yet they completely ignore it. How about sending a rover to Phobos to take a look at what that monolith there is all about? How about even sending a rover to the dark side of the moon? For God's sake, humans walked on the moon half a century ago, and despite all these things we've sent to space, we've yet to fully explore the dark side of the moon!
How about sending a rover into the holes in Mars, as Scratcher said? How about actually taking the rover to study and take pictures of things that seem curious? NASA is all like: "No, we're digging sand for pointless reasons instead of looking at this horse fossil we can clearly see in the picture". How about exploring the Cydonia pyramids and sphinx, as well as the countless other structures there, and determine once and for all if Mars once had intelligent life and if it was in connection with Earth? Heck, Cydonia would be the FIRST place I'd send a rover to if I was them, yet they completely ignore it. How about sending a rover to Phobos to take a look at what that monolith there is all about? How about even sending a rover to the dark side of the moon? For God's sake, humans walked on the moon half a century ago, and despite all these things we've sent to space, we've yet to fully explore the dark side of the moon!
It's kind of sad that everyone's focusing on Kin Kardashian's photoshopped ass rather than the fact that we landed a FREAKING THING ON A COMET.
It's kind of sad that everyone's focusing on Kin Kardashian's photoshopped ass rather than the fact that we landed a FREAKING THING ON A COMET.
I agree It's beyond me that someone like that is famous.
I agree It's beyond me that someone like that is famous.
