Tej
Tej
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RE: Orrery Info Requested Please!

I always marvelled at the antique mechanical Orreries with wishful thoughts of owning one but their price range (ie £1000 plus) was never within my bu...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

That was certainly an emotionally rollercoaster ride. Philae, brave warrior and hard worker to the last breath and now sleeps again. A Towering achi...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

oh man, Philae's tweeting is tugging on my heart strings...you can do it Philae!

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

They say that only the good die young but I have hope! STAY WITH US PHILAE! Altogether now, "I do believe in Philae, I do believe in Philae..."!

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Quite a battle and a race against time they're having, huh? Fingers crossed for the battery to last long enough for uplinks this evening. If it does...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Thats great news! SO Philae will shine brightly and die young :)

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Might be a good thing to have landed on the rim of a crater as there could be matter thrown out from impact there. Imagine the eventual geological fin...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

I am not a twitter person but I do love reading the tweets from some of our recent space robots, such as Curiosity but I think the tweeting between Ph...

8 years ago
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RE: Time and space - the Patek Philippe 'Supercomplication'

I am sure mine is real, Brian, it says "made in Sweetserland"...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Lander goes into “hibernation” if the battery runs down. It could survive in an inactive mode and wake up in a few months when it gets closer to the S...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Pierre made a great summary towards the hard edged press at the end of that really long update session. Basically, the success far far outweighs the ...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

Little Philae sure is having a thrilling adventure. I am going to take the gripping/anchoring failure as a potential positive. Because Philae has dem...

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

...and it was nice to share the anticipation with you guys :)

8 years ago
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RE: Rosetta - Philae landing on Comet 67P

"We landed twice" :D When he said it lift off again, my heart really sank then as he described the spinning stopping, my heart raced again as that p...

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