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Title: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on August 07, 2014, 03:02:01 PM
Looks like the FrontToe door is missing, however...
After a decade-long journey chasing its target, ESA’s Rosetta has today [8/7/2014] become the first spacecraft to rendezvous with a comet...
Source: <Vito Technology>
Title: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
Post by: jchuzi on August 07, 2014, 07:21:33 PM
It's a good thing that the probe is unmanned. Ordinary people get hemorrhoids but astronauts get asteroids.   whistling.gif
Title: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
Post by: Xairbusdriver on August 07, 2014, 07:53:15 PM
rolleyes.gif "you buy 'em books and buy 'em books... and all they do is eat the pages..." wacko.gif

Back to the probe... if you don't mind... tongue.gif
It's even more amazing when you realize the thing went through a 31 month "sleep" mode! Apparently it's not running Panther! That's the OS X version in use when the thing was launched (2004)! I think some still have problems with their Mac's waking up! eek2.gif
Title: There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
Post by: RNKIII on August 07, 2014, 09:33:51 PM
Looks suspiciously like the model of our then pet dog, our five year old son made at his daycare the first time he touched 'real' clay...

Bob K.   rnkiii