https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Grapheneexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-12T09:08:38ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1455:_Trolley_Problem&diff=801191455: Trolley Problem2014-12-03T08:28:58Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1455<br />
| date = December 3, 2014<br />
| title = Trolley Problem<br />
| image = trolley_problem.png<br />
| titletext = For $5 I promise not to orchestrate this situation, and for $25 I promise not to take further advantage of this ability to create incentives.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Just a rough draft.}}<br />
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The trolley problem is a problem often posed by philosophers to test the morals of the person in question, and to explain the systems of thinking. The full problem is that there are 5 people on one track, and 1 innocent worker on the other. The trolley is out of control and can be diverted from 5 people by using a lever which would divert it to the one innocent worker. For example, a utilitarian, a person who believes in the most amount of good for most amount of people, will instantly kill the 1 worker for 5 people.<br />
However, when Cueball presents this problem to sadistic Black Hat, Black Hat questions if he can pull the lever without standing up and it becomes apparent that he cares nothing at all for either groups of people. Then he takes advantage of this by posing an offer: if Cueball is one of the 5, then Black Hat will divert it. The joke is that the Trolley Problem is to test one's morals, but Black Hat doesn't have any, and therefore Cueball terminates the problem<br />
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The title text follows this up by continuing Black Hat's offers. For 5 dollars he will not orchestrate this and for 25 he will take no more advantage of the problem. These further shows Black Hat's complete lack of morals.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:Cueball: Ever heard of The trolley problem?<br />
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:Black hat: No. What is it?<br />
<br />
:Cueball: A trolley is barreling towards five helpless people on the tracks. You can pull a lever to direct it onto another track, but-<br />
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:Black hat: Can I reach the lever without getting up?<br />
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:Cueball: Wait, I'm not-<br />
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:Black hat: In this scenario, how busy am I?<br />
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:Cueball: I guess I forgot who I was talking to.<br />
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:Black hat: For a dollar, I'll promise to pull the lever if one of the five people is you.<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1455:_Trolley_Problem&diff=801171455: Trolley Problem2014-12-03T08:27:09Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1455<br />
| date = December 3, 2014<br />
| title = Trolley Problem<br />
| image = trolley_problem.png<br />
| titletext = For $5 I promise not to orchestrate this situation, and for $25 I promise not to take further advantage of this ability to create incentives.<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Just a rough draft.}}<br />
<br />
The trolley problem is a problem often posed by philosophers to test the morals of the person in question, and to explain the systems of thinking. The full problem is that there are 5 people on one track, and 1 innocent worker on the other. The trolley is out of control and can be diverted from 5 people by using a lever which would divert it to the one innocent worker. For example, a utilitarian, a person who believes in the most amount of good for most amount of people, will instantly kill the 1 worker for 5 people.<br />
However, when Cueball presents this problem to sadistic Black Hat, Black Hat questions if he can pull the lever without standing up and it becomes apparent that he cares nothing at all for either groups of people. Then he takes advantage of this by posing an offer: if Cueball is one of the 5, then Black Hat will divert it. The joke is that the Trolley Problem is to test one's morals, but Black Hat doesn't have one, and therefore Cueball terminates the problem<br />
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The title text follows this up by continuing Black Hat's offers. For 5 dollars he will not orchestrate this and for 25 he will take no more advantage of the problem. These further shows Black Hat's complete lack of morals.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
Cueball: Ever heard of The trolley problem?<br />
Black hat: No. What is it?<br />
Cueball: A trolley is barreling towards five helpless people on the tracks. You can pull a lever to direct it onto another track, but-<br />
Black hat: Can I reach the lever without getting up?<br />
Cueball: Wait, I'm not-<br />
Black hat: In this scenario, how busy am I?<br />
Cueball: I guess I forgot who I was talking to.<br />
Black hat: For a dollar, I'll promise to pull the lever if one of the five people is you.<br />
{{comic discussion}}</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1454:_Done&diff=799951454: Done2014-12-01T06:33:32Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1454<br />
| date = December 1, 2014<br />
| title = Done<br />
| image = done.png<br />
| titletext = I'm sorry, but the author of this Facebook comment clearly believes you were.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation== <br />
{{incomplete|Rough draft, needs editing and expanding.}}<br />
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The comic opens with a girl typing a message to someone. Over the course of the next few panels it becomes clear that the recipient is someone the girl deeply cares about, as she is planning on saving enough money to have the person flown to the United States from "half a world away." It is also evident that this person was found after a significant amount of searching by the writer. The writer finishes her message with a promise to communicate daily until the recipient is able to meet with her. <br />
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Upon attempting to send the message, however, the writer discovers that she is unable to send the message because she does not have a connection to the Internet. Ponytail enters the comic at this point an explains that someone had commented,"That's it. We're done. We can shut down the internet now."<br />
The comment is an internet meme in which users will post comments in response to content found humorous or clever. While most statements are normally disregarded an insincere, somehow this comment set into motion the complete shutdown of the internet. The comic contrasts the legitimate, intimate impact the internet can have with the simple entertainment value that some people can see as its only or primary use.<br />
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The title text simply serves as another mention to the mysterious commentator on Facebook who caused the demise of the internet.<br />
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While the main focus of the comic is on the internet meme of shutting down the internet, it is possible that online scams are also referenced in this comic. A common internet scam involves the scammer creating an online personality, usually of a foreign nature, that forms an emotional bond with the target. Once the target has become emotional attached to the fake persona, the scammer will make some request involving money, either to pay off persecutors or to fly to the target. Once the scammer has received the money, the online persona is usually destroyed, leaving the target with no idea what has happened to their supposed significant other. If the writer in the comic was, in fact, the target of such a scam, then the demise of the internet might have been to her benefit rather then her detriment.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
Girl (typing): I had started to think I was asking too much, that I needed to settle. And then I found you half a world away. <br />
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Girl (typing): I've been saving money. Six months from now, I'll be able to fly you here and support us for a while. <br />
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Girl (typing): It's a long wait, but we'll talk every day until then. Maybe this won't work out, but I want to try. What do you think? <br />
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Computer: '''ERROR''': Your message could not be sent. <br />
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''[Refresh]'' <br />
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Computer: '''ERROR''': No connection. <br />
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Girl: ?? <br />
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Girl: Why can't I connect? <br />
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Ponytail: Someone saw a ridiculous video and said "That's it. Shut down the internet. We're done." So they did. <br />
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Girl: ... But... I wasn't done. <br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=791341446: Landing2014-11-13T05:15:32Z<p>Graphene: /* Frame by Frame Breakdown */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = landingAnimated.gif<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight ({{w|Eastern Time Zone|EST}}) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}} which is shown here above. You can find the individual images by clicking on the latest image of the comic on xkcd (go to that by clicking the date above or find it directly at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org]).<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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The comic presents the imagined anthropomorphic "thoughts" of the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae lander (and occasionally other parties) during the hours approaching separation from each other, approach to the comet, and (so far) initial analysis of data after the apparent successful landing on the comet. Beginning at [[Media:???65.png|11:05:00]], the comic includes a "Status Report" in the lower right corner which summarizes the status of various interested parties and accomplishments, beginning with "Rosetta", "Philae lander", "Mission Control", "Comet 67P", and "Have we landed on a comet?". As events occur in the comic, more status summaries are added to keep track of the changes to the situation and the supposed emotions behind them.<br />
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In many pictures a whale can be seen on the surface of the comet - often marked with a "?" as are almost all other parts of the unknown surface. There is also drawn a [[Cueball]] on the surface... Whales are also mentioned in the "Status Report" where they for instance may be listed as "calm" or "(probably) not in space". Dolphins and fish are later also mentioned there, commenting about the whales. The reference to whales comes from the fact that Philae brings along three harpoons, which on Earth have mainly been used to hunt whales; Randall previously brought up that comparison in [[1402: Harpoons]], suggesting that Philae was programmed to believe it was sent to kill the comet. It could at the same time be a reference to ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'', where a whale suddenly appears over an alien planet, only to fall to its surface.<br />
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The comic title was originally "???" and the title text "..." (probably to not give away too early what the comic was about), but changed to "Landing" and "[LIVE]" part of the way through (somewhere around 5:00 in the morning EST, maybe at the same time as the timestamp timezone switch). At 5:00 AM (EST) the timestamp in the image naming scheme switched from EST to {{w|Coordinated Universal Time|UTC}} as used in ESA's time keeping, resulting in a jump from [[Media:???53.png|04:55]] to [[Media:???54.png|10:00]] without actually any such delay between the two pictures. There were however a few pictures with more than 5 minutes of delay (about 12 times five minutes without an update in total). The update seems to have stopped after 142 pictures at 17:15 UTC, 12 hours and 15 minutes after the first picture.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:00:00<br />
:[Showing blank image]<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
02:35:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 1 Hour<br />
02:40:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 55 Minutes<br />
02:45:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 50 Minutes<br />
02:50:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 75 Minutes<br />
02:55:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 70 Minutes<br />
03:00:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 65 Minutes<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:10:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes<br />
03:20:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 45 Minutes<br />
:Philae: Turning on ''sesame'' Bzzzzzzzzzt.<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 40 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 30 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:40:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 25 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:45:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 20 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 15 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
03:55:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 10 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:05:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: <font color="red">None</font><br />
04:10:00<br />
:[Philae separates from Rosetta to comet]<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
04:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 6 Hours<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:05:00<br />
:[Rosetta, Philae and comet appear on the left, indicating the landing progress. Philae appear on the right.]<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:[Showing Rosetta on the right]<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:[Showing Philae on the right]<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:[Status report appear from bottom-right corner]<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Time until landing: '''4''' Hours<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:35:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Time until landing: '''3''' Hours<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:['''Whale hides behind rock''']<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Time until landing: '''2''' Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:55:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:'''Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:00:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. '''You're gonna have to do it on your own.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:05:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. You're gonna have to do it on your own.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:10:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:15:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Rosetta: '''Well, and if you don't it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.'''<br />
:Philae lander: '''Haha, yeah!'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:20:00:<br />
['''Slab of rock disappears''']<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Rosetta: Well, and if you don't it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.<br />
:Philae lander: Haha, yeah! '''Enjoy being stuck on your planet, suckers!'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: '''Stuck on earth'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:25:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras...<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:30:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras... '''...Annnnd arm my ''harpoons!'''''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:35:00:<br />
:Time until landing: '''<font color="red">60 Minutes</font>'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:40:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 55 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:45:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 50 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?<br />
:Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:50:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 45 Minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:00:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 35 Minutes<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, comet. I'm Philae. We caught you.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: WOW.<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Near'''<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Not yet...'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:10:00:<br />
:[Showing Rosetta on the right]<br />
:Time until landing: 25 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little.<br />
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WHEEEE!'''<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:15:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 20 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little. '''They're loving your pictures back home!'''<br />
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:20:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 15 Minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:25:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 10 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Hey, Philae- Do you see anything that might explain how to levitate and destroy rocks with your minds? People back home keep asking.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Wow.<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:30:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Philae?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''...'''<br />
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: '''Anxious'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''...'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:35:00:<br />
:[Showing Earth on the right]<br />
:Time until '''news of landing: 30 minutes'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Far away'''<br />
::Whales: '''Calm'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Nervous<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::Earth: '''Near'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:40:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 25 minutes<br />
:Prime Minister: I hope we succeeded. That awful comet must be destroyed.<br />
:Aide: ...Mr. Prime Minister, no one is trying to destroy the comet.<br />
:Prime Minister: What?! But I secured you all this funding. I just assumed...<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:45:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 20 minutes<br />
:This picture of Philae falling away is beautiful.<br />
:Its kind of blurry and washed out.<br />
:There will be a lot more soon. But this was the first.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Anxious<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:50:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 15 minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:55:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 10 minutes<br />
:AAAA! I can't take it - this is too stressful!<br />
:You're just looking at Twitter.<br />
:I should probably never ''actually'' go to space.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:00:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 5 minutes<br />
:AAAAAAAAAAA<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: Um, are those whales screaming?<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:05:00:<br />
:[Philae and the comet on the left veiled]<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:[Holding breath]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:'''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''[...]'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: '''Calm'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''[...]'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: '''OK'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''[...]'''<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:10:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: [...]<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:15:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!<br />
:Philae lander: It's Philae.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: [...]<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:20:00:<br />
:[Showing Philae on a comet]<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.<br />
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Here.'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES.'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''YES.'''<br />
::Earth: '''Far Away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:25:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.<br />
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: '''Proud'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Here.<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Proud'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.<br />
::Earth: '''Proud'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:30:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.<br />
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: Proud<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Harpooned'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Proud<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:35:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.<br />
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: Proud<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Proud<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Don't know'''<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:40:00:<br />
:[Philae slightly tilts]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Landed on<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:45:00:<br />
:[Philae tilts more]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Comet 67P: '''???'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''Confused'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:50:00:<br />
:[Philae tilts the opposite]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::'''Scientists''': Nervous<br />
::'''Harpoons: Tricky'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Yes, at least once'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Confused<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:55:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: Nervous<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Confused<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:00:00:<br />
:[Showing Earth]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:05:00:<br />
:Philae? Are you OK?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: Anxious<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Nervous<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:10:00:<br />
:[Showing Philae on a comet]<br />
:Philae: I did it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''<br />
::Mission control: '''!!!!!'''<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: '''[Wine]'''<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''!!!!!'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:15:00:<br />
:Philae? Is everything OK?<br />
:Philae: I landed! I'm on a comet. I'm OK and I'm on a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: !!!!!<br />
::Comet 67P: Landed on<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: [Wine]<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: !!!!!<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=791331446: Landing2014-11-13T05:13:31Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = landingAnimated.gif<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight ({{w|Eastern Time Zone|EST}}) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}} which is shown here above. You can find the individual images by clicking on the latest image of the comic on xkcd (go to that by clicking the date above or find it directly at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org]).<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
<br />
The comic presents the imagined anthropomorphic "thoughts" of the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae lander (and occasionally other parties) during the hours approaching separation from each other, approach to the comet, and (so far) initial analysis of data after the apparent successful landing on the comet. Beginning at [[Media:???65.png|11:05:00]], the comic includes a "Status Report" in the lower right corner which summarizes the status of various interested parties and accomplishments, beginning with "Rosetta", "Philae lander", "Mission Control", "Comet 67P", and "Have we landed on a comet?". As events occur in the comic, more status summaries are added to keep track of the changes to the situation and the supposed emotions behind them.<br />
<br />
In many pictures a whale can be seen on the surface of the comet - often marked with a "?" as are almost all other parts of the unknown surface. There is also drawn a [[Cueball]] on the surface... Whales are also mentioned in the "Status Report" where they for instance may be listed as "calm" or "(probably) not in space". Dolphins and fish are later also mentioned there, commenting about the whales. The reference to whales comes from the fact that Philae brings along three harpoons, which on Earth have mainly been used to hunt whales; Randall previously brought up that comparison in [[1402: Harpoons]], suggesting that Philae was programmed to believe it was sent to kill the comet. It could at the same time be a reference to ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'', where a whale suddenly appears over an alien planet, only to fall to its surface.<br />
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The comic title was originally "???" and the title text "..." (probably to not give away too early what the comic was about), but changed to "Landing" and "[LIVE]" part of the way through (somewhere around 5:00 in the morning EST, maybe at the same time as the timestamp timezone switch). At 5:00 AM (EST) the timestamp in the image naming scheme switched from EST to {{w|Coordinated Universal Time|UTC}} as used in ESA's time keeping, resulting in a jump from [[Media:???53.png|04:55]] to [[Media:???54.png|10:00]] without actually any such delay between the two pictures. There were however a few pictures with more than 5 minutes of delay (about 12 times five minutes without an update in total). The update seems to have stopped after 142 pictures at 17:15 UTC, 12 hours and 15 minutes after the first picture.<br />
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==Frame by Frame Breakdown==<br />
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|-<br />
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|-<br />
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|-<br />
|[[Media:???6.png|00:25:00]]||1/00:25:00<br />
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|-<br />
|[[Media:???8.png|00:35:00]]||1/00:35:00<br />
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|-<br />
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|-<br />
|[[Media:???12.png|00:55:00]]||1/00:55:00<br />
|-<br />
|[[Media:???13.png|01:00:00]]||1/01:00:00<br />
|-<br />
|[[Media:???14.png|01:05:00]]||1/01:05:00<br />
|-<br />
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|[[Media:???17.png|01:20:00]]||1/01:20:00<br />
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|[[Media:???18.png|01:25:00]]||1/01:25:00<br />
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<br />
==Transcript==<br />
00:00:00<br />
:[Showing blank image]<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
02:35:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 1 Hour<br />
02:40:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 55 Minutes<br />
02:45:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 50 Minutes<br />
02:50:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 75 Minutes<br />
02:55:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 70 Minutes<br />
03:00:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 65 Minutes<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:10:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes<br />
03:20:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 45 Minutes<br />
:Philae: Turning on ''sesame'' Bzzzzzzzzzt.<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 40 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 30 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:40:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 25 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:45:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 20 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 15 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
03:55:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: 10 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:05:00<br />
:Time until lander separation: <font color="red">None</font><br />
04:10:00<br />
:[Philae separates from Rosetta to comet]<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
04:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 6 Hours<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:05:00<br />
:[Rosetta, Philae and comet appear on the left, indicating the landing progress. Philae appear on the right.]<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:[Showing Rosetta on the right]<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:[Showing Philae on the right]<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:[Status report appear from bottom-right corner]<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Hours<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Time until landing: '''4''' Hours<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Time until landing: 4 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:35:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Time until landing: '''3''' Hours<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:['''Whale hides behind rock''']<br />
:Time until landing: 3 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Time until landing: '''2''' Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:55:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:'''Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:00:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. '''You're gonna have to do it on your own.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:05:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. You're gonna have to do it on your own.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:10:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:15:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Rosetta: '''Well, and if you don't it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.'''<br />
:Philae lander: '''Haha, yeah!'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:20:00:<br />
['''Slab of rock disappears''']<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Rosetta: Well, and if you don't it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.<br />
:Philae lander: Haha, yeah! '''Enjoy being stuck on your planet, suckers!'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: '''Stuck on earth'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:25:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras...<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:30:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 2 Hours<br />
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras... '''...Annnnd arm my ''harpoons!'''''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:35:00:<br />
:Time until landing: '''<font color="red">60 Minutes</font>'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:40:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 55 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:45:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 50 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?<br />
:Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:50:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 45 Minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:00:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 35 Minutes<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, comet. I'm Philae. We caught you.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: WOW.<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Near'''<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Not yet...'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:10:00:<br />
:[Showing Rosetta on the right]<br />
:Time until landing: 25 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little.<br />
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WHEEEE!'''<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:15:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 20 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little. '''They're loving your pictures back home!'''<br />
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:20:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 15 Minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:25:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 10 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Hey, Philae- Do you see anything that might explain how to levitate and destroy rocks with your minds? People back home keep asking.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Wow.<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:30:00:<br />
:Time until landing: 5 Minutes<br />
:Rosetta: Philae?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''...'''<br />
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: '''Anxious'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''...'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:35:00:<br />
:[Showing Earth on the right]<br />
:Time until '''news of landing: 30 minutes'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Far away'''<br />
::Whales: '''Calm'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Nervous<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::Earth: '''Near'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:40:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 25 minutes<br />
:Prime Minister: I hope we succeeded. That awful comet must be destroyed.<br />
:Aide: ...Mr. Prime Minister, no one is trying to destroy the comet.<br />
:Prime Minister: What?! But I secured you all this funding. I just assumed...<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:45:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 20 minutes<br />
:This picture of Philae falling away is beautiful.<br />
:Its kind of blurry and washed out.<br />
:There will be a lot more soon. But this was the first.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Anxious<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:50:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 15 minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:55:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 10 minutes<br />
:AAAA! I can't take it - this is too stressful!<br />
:You're just looking at Twitter.<br />
:I should probably never ''actually'' go to space.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:00:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 5 minutes<br />
:AAAAAAAAAAA<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: Um, are those whales screaming?<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:05:00:<br />
:[Philae and the comet on the left veiled]<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:[Holding breath]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:'''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''[...]'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: '''Calm'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''[...]'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: '''OK'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''[...]'''<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:10:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: [...]<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:15:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!<br />
:Philae lander: It's Philae.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: [...]<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:20:00:<br />
:[Showing Philae on a comet]<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.<br />
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Here.'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES.'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''YES.'''<br />
::Earth: '''Far Away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:25:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.<br />
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: '''Proud'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Here.<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Proud'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.<br />
::Earth: '''Proud'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:30:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.<br />
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: Proud<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Harpooned'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Proud<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:35:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.<br />
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: Proud<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Proud<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Don't know'''<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:40:00:<br />
:[Philae slightly tilts]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Landed on<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:45:00:<br />
:[Philae tilts more]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Comet 67P: '''???'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''Confused'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:50:00:<br />
:[Philae tilts the opposite]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::'''Scientists''': Nervous<br />
::'''Harpoons: Tricky'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Yes, at least once'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Confused<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:55:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: Nervous<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Confused<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:00:00:<br />
:[Showing Earth]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:05:00:<br />
:Philae? Are you OK?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: Anxious<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Nervous<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:10:00:<br />
:[Showing Philae on a comet]<br />
:Philae: I did it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''<br />
::Mission control: '''!!!!!'''<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: '''[Wine]'''<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''!!!!!'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:15:00:<br />
:Philae? Is everything OK?<br />
:Philae: I landed! I'm on a comet. I'm OK and I'm on a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: !!!!!<br />
::Comet 67P: Landed on<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: [Wine]<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: !!!!!<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=791301446: Landing2014-11-13T03:26:26Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = landingAnimated.gif<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight ({{w|Eastern Time Zone|EST}}) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}} which is shown here above. You can find the individual images by cliking on the latest image of the comic on xkcd (go to that by clicking the date above or find it directly at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org]).<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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The comic presents the imagined anthropomorphic "thoughts" of the Rosetta spacecraft and the Philae lander (and occasionally other parties) during the hours approaching separation from each other, approach to the comet, and (so far) initial analysis of data after the apparent successful landing on the comet. Beginning at [[Media:???65.png|11:05:00]], the comic includes a "Status Report" in the lower right corner which summarizes the status of various interested parties and accomplishments, beginning with "Rosetta", "Philae lander", "Mission Control", "Comet 67P", and "Have we landed on a comet?". As events occur in the comic, more status summaries are added to keep track of the changes to the situation and the supposed emotions behind them.<br />
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In many pictures a whale can be seen on the surface of the comet - often marked with a "?" as are almost all other parts of the unknown surface. There is also drawn a [[Cueball]] on the surface... Whales are also mentioned in the "Status Report" where they for instance may be listed as "calm" or "(probably) not in space". Dolphins and fish are later also mentioned there, commenting about the whales. The reference to whales comes from the fact that Philae brings along three harpoons, which on Earth have mainly been used to hunt whales; Randall previously brought up that comparison in [[1402: Harpoons]], suggesting that Philae was programmed to believe it was sent to kill the comet. It could at the same time be a reference to ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'', where a whale suddenly appears over an alien planet, only to fall to its surface.<br />
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The comic title was originally "???" and the title text "..." (probably not to give away too early what the comic was about), but changed to "Landing" and "[LIVE]" part of the way through (somewhere around 5:00 in the morning EST, maybe at the same time than the timestamp timezone switch). At 5:00 AM (EST) the timestamp in the image naming scheme switched from EST to {{w|Coordinated Universal Time|UTC}} as used in ESA's time keeping, resulting in a jump from [[Media:???53.png|04:55]] to [[Media:???54.png|10:00]] without actually any such delay between the two pictures. There were however a few pictures with more than 5 minutes of delay (about 12 times five minutes without an update in total). The update seems to have stopped after 142 pictures at 17:15 UTC, 12 hours and 15 minutes after the first picture.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:['''Whale hides behind rock''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:55:00:<br />
:'''Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:00:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. '''You're gonna have to do it on your own.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:05:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. You're gonna have to do it on your own.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:10:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:15:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Rosetta: '''Well, and if you don't it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.'''<br />
:Philae lander: '''Haha, yeah!'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:20:00:<br />
['''Slab of rock disappears''']<br />
:Philae lander: I can do this.<br />
:Rosetta: Well, and if you don't it's really the fault of the people back home who programmed you. None of whom were tough enough to come themselves.<br />
:Philae lander: Haha, yeah! '''Enjoy being stuck on your planet, suckers!'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: '''Stuck on earth'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:25:00:<br />
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras...<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:30:00:<br />
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras... '''...Annnnd arm my ''harpoons!'''''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:35:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:40:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:45:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?<br />
:Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:50:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:00:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, comet. I'm Philae. We caught you.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: WOW.<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Near'''<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Not yet...'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:10:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little.<br />
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WHEEEE!'''<br />
::Mission control: Stuck on earth<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:15:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little. '''They're loving your pictures back home!'''<br />
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: WHEEEE!<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:20:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:25:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Hey, Philae- Do you see anything that might explain how to levitate and destroy rocks with your minds? People back home keep asking.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Wow.<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:30:00:<br />
:Rosetta: Philae?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''...'''<br />
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Near<br />
::Whales: '''Anxious'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''...'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:35:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: 30 minutes<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Far away'''<br />
::Whales: '''Calm'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Nervous<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::Earth: '''Near'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:40:00:<br />
:Prime Minister: I hope we succeeded. That awful comet must be destroyed.<br />
:Aide: ...Mr. Prime Minister, no one is trying to destroy the comet.<br />
:Prime Minister: What?! But I secured you all this funding. I just assumed...<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:45:00:<br />
:This picture of Philae falling away is beautiful.<br />
:Its kind of blurry and washed out.<br />
:There will be a lot more soon. But this was the first.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ...<br />
::Mission control: Nervous<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Anxious<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:50:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
15:55:00:<br />
:AAAA! I can't take it - this is too stressful!<br />
:You're just looking at Twitter.<br />
:I should probably never ''actually'' go to space.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:00:00:<br />
:AAAAAAAAAAA<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: Um, are those whales screaming?<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:15:00:<br />
:Time until news of landing: [now]<br />
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!<br />
:Philae lander: It's Philae.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander:<br />
::Mission control: '''[...]'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Far away<br />
::Whales: '''Calm'''<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''[...]'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: '''OK'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''[...]'''<br />
::Earth: Near<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:20:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.<br />
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''<br />
::Mission control: [...]<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Here.'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: [...]<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES.'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''YES.'''<br />
::Earth: '''Far Away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:25:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.<br />
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: '''Proud'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Here.<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Proud'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.<br />
::Earth: '''Proud'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:30:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.<br />
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: Proud<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Harpooned'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Proud<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:35:00:<br />
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.<br />
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: Proud<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: Proud<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Don't know'''<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:40:00:<br />
:[Philae slightly tilts]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''???'''<br />
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Comet 67P: Landed on<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Proud<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:45:00:<br />
:[Philae tilts more]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Comet 67P: '''???'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''Confused'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:50:00:<br />
:[Philae tilts the opposite]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::'''Scientists''': Nervous<br />
::'''Harpoons: Tricky'''<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Yes, at least once'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Confused<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
16:55:00:<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: Nervous<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Confused<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:00:00:<br />
:[Showing Earth]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: '''Anxious'''<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''Nervous'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:05:00:<br />
:Philae? Are you OK?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: ???<br />
::Mission control: Anxious<br />
::Comet 67P: ???<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: Anxious<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: Nervous<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:10:00:<br />
:[Showing Philae on a comet]<br />
:Philae: I did it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''<br />
::Mission control: '''!!!!!'''<br />
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: '''[Wine]'''<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES'''<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: '''!!!!!'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
17:15:00:<br />
:Philae? Is everything OK?<br />
:Philae: I landed! I'm on a comet. I'm OK and I'm on a comet.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Landed<br />
::Mission control: !!!!!<br />
::Comet 67P: Landed on<br />
::Whales: Calm<br />
::Scientists: [Wine]<br />
::Harpoons: Tricky<br />
::Dolphins and Fish: OK<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know<br />
::Earth: !!!!!<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1446:_Landing&diff=79030Talk:1446: Landing2014-11-12T15:28:55Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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<div>I would bet money that this comic will have to do with the Rosetta Lander that will be landing on a comet for the first time in history this morning. Info about it at Rosetta.esa.int<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.173|108.162.237.173]] 05:37, 12 November 2014 (UTC)pH<br />
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Almost definitely. The URL for the image (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-40-00_wmf0bPtxDN.png) contains 'landing'.<br />
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[[User:DeedleFake|DeedleFake]] ([[User talk:DeedleFake|talk]]) 05:44, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The image changes every five minutes. (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-35-00_lVC98SMY1X.png) followed by (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-40-00_wmf0bPtxDN.png) followed by (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-45-00_MZprhbADHL.png) then (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-50-00_Z63bWhoaxd.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-55-00_2wCeCFN0R1.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-00-00_FRnIhqA5IZ.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-05-00_Os6SVGalch.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-10-00_xn4nUL9lry.png) http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-15-00_soIuPGfUYh.png , also I'm sorry about deleting other people's comments - firefox decided to not show the "other people have edited this" page :(. If anyone's interested, here's the command I'm using to grab the urls:<br />
while :; do http --stream --body http://c0.xkcd.com/stream/comic/landing\?method\=EventSource | awk '/png/ { print $2 }' | perl -ne '/(r_.+png)/; print "$1\n";' ; done<br />
where the 'http' command is from http://httpie.org - not the neatest way to do it, but it works ;)<br />
[[User:Forkbomb|Forkbomb]] ([[User talk:Forkbomb|talk]]) 05:47, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Forkbomb, you are not supposed to delete other's comments... <br />
Yes. It is definitely about Rosetta. The image changed at 9.35 pm PST and it says "Three hours to separation", i.e. 12.35am PST, which is exactly the time at which PHILAE is going to separate... <br />
[http://imgur.com/fK9Ddrx image_seen]<br />
[http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/07/rosetta-and-philae-landing-timeline/ rosetta timeline]<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.237|199.27.128.237]] 05:50, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Is anyone collecting URLs? I assume there's an easy automated way to do this that was used for Time. If not...<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! URLs<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-05-00_Os6SVGalch.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-10-00_fUWUYNkxwp.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-15-00_74eSd3x7BQ.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-20-00_UT4FKycrmC.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-25-00_FX6hlfSQHR.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-30-00_FjnXADopvO.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-35-00_lVC98SMY1X.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-40-00_wmf0bPtxDN.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-45-00_MZprhbADHL.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-50-00_Z63bWhoaxd.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-55-00_2wCeCFN0R1.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-00-00_FRnIhqA5IZ.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-05-00_Os6SVGalch.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-10-00_xn4nUL9lry.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-15-00_soIuPGfUYh.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-20-00_jwkPNMaOSf.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-25-00_ADajYkIBoR.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-30-00_w819mZAIhE.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-35-00_LoEc4Q8fJF.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-40-00_YLKE5WV8Jw.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-45-00_QRP5ndlY4A.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-50-00_OAOxgR9UUR.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-55-00_KGFuQYeX1i.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-00-00_ov37tpe8BX.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-05-00_VwL8mLbfmW.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-10-00_GCNRyInxWI.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-15-00_CQwEg4oyk3.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-20-00_jkbJbYkLeP.png<br />
|-<br />
|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-25-00_Pxh3HKgWnT.png<br />
|}<br />
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Randall switched to SSL after 1:30 but you can of course use either server.<br />
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- Marcustyphoon/[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.244|108.162.219.244]] 07:37, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-45-00_MZprhbADHL.png) "Has anyone ever tried this before?" "No but fetishes have to start somewhere, right?" [[User:Nexxuz|Nexxuz]] ([[User talk:Nexxuz|talk]])<br />
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Probably just a mistake, but the transcript in the html source of 1446 is from 1445. --[[User:Pascal|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal|talk]]) 05:58, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It fetches things using this javascript tag..<br />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/s/c3b919.js"></script><br />
I've pasted it in pastebin, can we get zealous and fetch the images before they actually show up ? :P<br />
[http://pastebin.com/MwsahkyE link_to_javascript]<br />
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.237|199.27.128.237]] 06:04, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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By the way, the current explanation says it's pinging c4.xkcd for updates.<br />
From the javascript source, it looks like there's more than one server for this:<br />
var SERVERS = ["http://c0.xkcd.com", "http://c1.xkcd.com", "http://c2.xkcd.com", "http://c3.xkcd.com", "http://c4.xkcd.com", "http://c5.xkcd.com", "http://c6.xkcd.com", "http://c7.xkcd.com"];<br />
So that would be c0 to c7<br />
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Unfortuantely, as I had suggested, it seems that we cannot grab all the images beforehand :(<br />
The javascript only fetches a json, which actually gives image name. So there's a server side script running which generates the paths to actual images. The javascript just shows it..<br />
You can see the json [http://c4.xkcd.com/stream/comic/landing?method=EventSource here].<br />
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.237|199.27.128.237]] 06:23, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Attempting to load the URL directly in Firefox results in unreadable results, but it's something like<br />
id: acae0462-6a34-11e4-8001-002590720087<br />
event: comic/landing<br />
data: {"image":"r_01-25-00_ADajYkIBoR.png","spread":1}<br />
There are several other events as well, such as 'reload' and 'heartbeat'.<br />
[[User:DeedleFake|DeedleFake]] ([[User talk:DeedleFake|talk]]) 06:32, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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By the way, that UUID (i.e. acae0462-6a34-11e4-8001-002590720087) seems to encode the time the image was uploaded as a v1 UUID.<br />
[[User:Maths22|Maths22]] ([[User talk:Maths22|talk]]) 06:58, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The best part of this is ninja-ing the image uploads. The xkcd servers seem to be off atomic time by around 45 seconds. [[User:Skylarmt|Skylarmt]] ([[User talk:Skylarmt|talk]]) 06:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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What are people's thoughts on changing the image label to an image number? It seems redundant to use the timestamp twice, but I copied it over from time. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 07:06, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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A lovely explanation. Itaigreif (talk) 07:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Why is the comic titled "???" and not "Rosetta" or something? [[User:Smperron|Smperron]] ([[User talk:Smperron|talk]]) 08:02, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:"Rosetta" would have given the game away in the first few minutes before we could figure it out. "???" is a strange choice, though. [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.157|103.22.201.157]] 09:20, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The page has changed name from "???" to "Landing" about 5AM, and title text changed from "..." to "[LIVE]". Not sure about actual times, and don't know how to rename page. Can someone else handle this? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.89.217|141.101.89.217]] 10:12, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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At 00:03:50 the comic mentions turning on CONCERT, which I think is a typo and should be {{w|CONSERT}} --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:56, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Keep uploading the images under the current naming convention, guys, I'll do a batch move to "landing[X]" later when things die down a little. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 11:02, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:: Check out [http://xkcd1446.org/list.json http://xkcd1446.org/list.json]. E.g. [http://xkcd1446.org/img/r_11-30-00_DEpbhsl54D.png http://xkcd1446.org/img/r_11-30-00_DEpbhsl54D.png]. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.189|141.101.105.189]] 11:54, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Shouldn't we write up the changing "Time until landing: [x] hours" top text in the transcripts as well? [[User:Phantom|Phantom]] ([[User talk:Phantom|talk]]) 12:39, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Oh no, not again! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.93.206|Petunia]] 12:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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In the transcript, added or changed text should be in '''bold''' for easy reading? also, [http://xkcd1446.org/static.html this] format reads a lot easier then the transcript. - sir KitKat - [[Special:Contributions/141.101.64.137|141.101.64.137]] 12:57, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I think so. After adding 'Status Report' it's even harder to read it. [[User:Graphene|Graphene]] ([[User talk:Graphene|talk]]) 13:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I'm not sure... the purpose of the transcript is not to make it easier for those too lazy to compare the images and find what changed between them, but just to represent what the images contain for those that can not see them... preferably as accurately as possible, i.e. with the original formatting. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.93.206|141.101.93.206]] 13:10, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Maybe the transcript should move to a subpage to avoid clutter? And can we add a section for the lazy people to follow the changes without going through every image? [[User:SirKitKat|SirKitKat]] ([[User talk:SirKitKat|talk]]) 15:18, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:By the way, the '''bold''' changed stuff helped me notice some subtle changes :) [[User:SirKitKat|SirKitKat]] ([[User talk:SirKitKat|talk]]) 15:27, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Did anyone notice that not all whales disappeared at 13:30? One is hidden behind the mountains in the background with a "? ->" pointing at it. I wonder if this should be included in the transcript... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.212|141.101.105.212]] 14:28, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:It should be in a transcript. I missed it while editing. My apologies for that. [[User:Graphene|Graphene]] ([[User talk:Graphene|talk]]) 15:28, 12 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=790061446: Landing2014-11-12T14:08:20Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:55:00:<br />
:'''Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:00:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. '''You're gonna have to do it on your own.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:05:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. You're gonna have to do it on your own.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
::Earth: Far away<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:%3F%3F%3F100.png&diff=79004File:???100.png2014-11-12T14:05:44Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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{{XKCD file}}</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:%3F%3F%3F99.png&diff=79003File:???99.png2014-11-12T14:04:30Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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{{XKCD file}}</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=790011446: Landing2014-11-12T14:02:32Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:55:00:<br />
:'''Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
14:00:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here. '''You 're gonna have to do it on your own.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
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[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=789981446: Landing2014-11-12T13:59:11Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:55:00:<br />
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?<br />
:Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''<br />
::'''Earth: Far away'''<br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=789971446: Landing2014-11-12T13:55:39Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''<br />
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.<br />
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention - When you touch down, try not to accidentally balance on one foot. If you do, your harpoons won't fire.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What time is it?"'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:%3F%3F%3F95.png&diff=78985File:???95.png2014-11-12T13:36:14Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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<div>== Licensing ==<br />
{{XKCD file}}</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=789831446: Landing2014-11-12T13:35:00Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:25:00<br />
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:30:00<br />
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']<br />
:['''Ground near the target rises''']<br />
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">&radic;seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:10:00<br />
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
13:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?<br />
:Philae lander: No.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
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{{XKCD file}}</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=789641446: Landing2014-11-12T13:10:58Z<p>Graphene: /* Frame by Frame Breakdown */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
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Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::'''Whales: Not in space'''<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale and stick figure on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">&radic;seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=789611446: Landing2014-11-12T13:06:25Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:[Whale appears inside the comet]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:35:00<br />
:[Whale marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:40:00<br />
:[Whale and stick figure on comet marked "Probably not"]<br />
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.<br />
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.<br />
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">&radic;seen 12:41 pm</font> message.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:45:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:50:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
12:55:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
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13:00:00<br />
:Philae lander: Not to obsess, but what do I do of I touch down on a big slab of rock? Pretty sure harpoons don't work on rock.<br />
:Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through. '''We think, anyway.'''<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1446:_Landing&diff=78958Talk:1446: Landing2014-11-12T13:01:09Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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<div>I would bet money that this comic will have to do with the Rosetta Lander that will be landing on a comet for the first time in history this morning. Info about it at Rosetta.esa.int<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/108.162.237.173|108.162.237.173]] 05:37, 12 November 2014 (UTC)pH<br />
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Almost definitely. The URL for the image (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-40-00_wmf0bPtxDN.png) contains 'landing'.<br />
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[[User:DeedleFake|DeedleFake]] ([[User talk:DeedleFake|talk]]) 05:44, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The image changes every five minutes. (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-35-00_lVC98SMY1X.png) followed by (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-40-00_wmf0bPtxDN.png) followed by (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-45-00_MZprhbADHL.png) then (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-50-00_Z63bWhoaxd.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-55-00_2wCeCFN0R1.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-00-00_FRnIhqA5IZ.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-05-00_Os6SVGalch.png) (http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-10-00_xn4nUL9lry.png) http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-15-00_soIuPGfUYh.png , also I'm sorry about deleting other people's comments - firefox decided to not show the "other people have edited this" page :(. If anyone's interested, here's the command I'm using to grab the urls:<br />
while :; do http --stream --body http://c0.xkcd.com/stream/comic/landing\?method\=EventSource | awk '/png/ { print $2 }' | perl -ne '/(r_.+png)/; print "$1\n";' ; done<br />
where the 'http' command is from http://httpie.org - not the neatest way to do it, but it works ;)<br />
[[User:Forkbomb|Forkbomb]] ([[User talk:Forkbomb|talk]]) 05:47, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Forkbomb, you are not supposed to delete other's comments... <br />
Yes. It is definitely about Rosetta. The image changed at 9.35 pm PST and it says "Three hours to separation", i.e. 12.35am PST, which is exactly the time at which PHILAE is going to separate... <br />
[http://imgur.com/fK9Ddrx image_seen]<br />
[http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2014/11/07/rosetta-and-philae-landing-timeline/ rosetta timeline]<br />
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[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.237|199.27.128.237]] 05:50, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Is anyone collecting URLs? I assume there's an easy automated way to do this that was used for Time. If not...<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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! URLs<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-05-00_Os6SVGalch.png<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-10-00_fUWUYNkxwp.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-15-00_74eSd3x7BQ.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-20-00_UT4FKycrmC.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-25-00_FX6hlfSQHR.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-30-00_FjnXADopvO.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-35-00_lVC98SMY1X.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-40-00_wmf0bPtxDN.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-45-00_MZprhbADHL.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-50-00_Z63bWhoaxd.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-55-00_2wCeCFN0R1.png<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-00-00_FRnIhqA5IZ.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-05-00_Os6SVGalch.png<br />
|-<br />
|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-10-00_xn4nUL9lry.png<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-15-00_soIuPGfUYh.png<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-20-00_jwkPNMaOSf.png<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-25-00_ADajYkIBoR.png<br />
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|http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-30-00_w819mZAIhE.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-35-00_LoEc4Q8fJF.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-40-00_YLKE5WV8Jw.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-45-00_QRP5ndlY4A.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-50-00_OAOxgR9UUR.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_01-55-00_KGFuQYeX1i.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-00-00_ov37tpe8BX.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-05-00_VwL8mLbfmW.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-10-00_GCNRyInxWI.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-15-00_CQwEg4oyk3.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-20-00_jkbJbYkLeP.png<br />
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|https://sslimgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_02-25-00_Pxh3HKgWnT.png<br />
|}<br />
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Randall switched to SSL after 1:30 but you can of course use either server.<br />
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- Marcustyphoon/[[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.244|108.162.219.244]] 07:37, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/landing/r_00-45-00_MZprhbADHL.png) "Has anyone ever tried this before?" "No but fetishes have to start somewhere, right?" [[User:Nexxuz|Nexxuz]] ([[User talk:Nexxuz|talk]])<br />
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Probably just a mistake, but the transcript in the html source of 1446 is from 1445. --[[User:Pascal|Pascal]] ([[User talk:Pascal|talk]]) 05:58, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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It fetches things using this javascript tag..<br />
<script type="text/javascript" src="/s/c3b919.js"></script><br />
I've pasted it in pastebin, can we get zealous and fetch the images before they actually show up ? :P<br />
[http://pastebin.com/MwsahkyE link_to_javascript]<br />
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.237|199.27.128.237]] 06:04, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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By the way, the current explanation says it's pinging c4.xkcd for updates.<br />
From the javascript source, it looks like there's more than one server for this:<br />
var SERVERS = ["http://c0.xkcd.com", "http://c1.xkcd.com", "http://c2.xkcd.com", "http://c3.xkcd.com", "http://c4.xkcd.com", "http://c5.xkcd.com", "http://c6.xkcd.com", "http://c7.xkcd.com"];<br />
So that would be c0 to c7<br />
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Unfortuantely, as I had suggested, it seems that we cannot grab all the images beforehand :(<br />
The javascript only fetches a json, which actually gives image name. So there's a server side script running which generates the paths to actual images. The javascript just shows it..<br />
You can see the json [http://c4.xkcd.com/stream/comic/landing?method=EventSource here].<br />
[[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.237|199.27.128.237]] 06:23, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Attempting to load the URL directly in Firefox results in unreadable results, but it's something like<br />
id: acae0462-6a34-11e4-8001-002590720087<br />
event: comic/landing<br />
data: {"image":"r_01-25-00_ADajYkIBoR.png","spread":1}<br />
There are several other events as well, such as 'reload' and 'heartbeat'.<br />
[[User:DeedleFake|DeedleFake]] ([[User talk:DeedleFake|talk]]) 06:32, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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By the way, that UUID (i.e. acae0462-6a34-11e4-8001-002590720087) seems to encode the time the image was uploaded as a v1 UUID.<br />
[[User:Maths22|Maths22]] ([[User talk:Maths22|talk]]) 06:58, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The best part of this is ninja-ing the image uploads. The xkcd servers seem to be off atomic time by around 45 seconds. [[User:Skylarmt|Skylarmt]] ([[User talk:Skylarmt|talk]]) 06:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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What are people's thoughts on changing the image label to an image number? It seems redundant to use the timestamp twice, but I copied it over from time. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 07:06, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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A lovely explanation. Itaigreif (talk) 07:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Why is the comic titled "???" and not "Rosetta" or something? [[User:Smperron|Smperron]] ([[User talk:Smperron|talk]]) 08:02, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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:"Rosetta" would have given the game away in the first few minutes before we could figure it out. "???" is a strange choice, though. [[Special:Contributions/103.22.201.157|103.22.201.157]] 09:20, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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The page has changed name from "???" to "Landing" about 5AM, and title text changed from "..." to "[LIVE]". Not sure about actual times, and don't know how to rename page. Can someone else handle this? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.89.217|141.101.89.217]] 10:12, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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At 00:03:50 the comic mentions turning on CONCERT, which I think is a typo and should be {{w|CONSERT}} --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 10:56, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Keep uploading the images under the current naming convention, guys, I'll do a batch move to "landing[X]" later when things die down a little. '''[[User:Davidy22|<u>{{Color|#707|David}}<font color=#070 size=3>y</font></u><font color=#508 size=4>²²</font>]]'''[[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>[talk]</tt>]] 11:02, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:: Check out [http://xkcd1446.org/list.json http://xkcd1446.org/list.json]. E.g. [http://xkcd1446.org/img/r_11-30-00_DEpbhsl54D.png http://xkcd1446.org/img/r_11-30-00_DEpbhsl54D.png]. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.105.189|141.101.105.189]] 11:54, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Shouldn't we write up the changing "Time until landing: [x] hours" top text in the transcripts as well? [[User:Phantom|Phantom]] ([[User talk:Phantom|talk]]) 12:39, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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Oh no, not again! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.93.206|Petunia]] 12:45, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
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In the transcript, added or changed text should be in '''bold''' for easy reading? also, [http://xkcd1446.org/static.html this] format reads a lot easier then the transcript. - sir KitKat - [[Special:Contributions/141.101.64.137|141.101.64.137]] 12:57, 12 November 2014 (UTC)<br />
:I think so. After adding 'Status Report' it's even harder to read it. [[User:Graphene|Graphene]] ([[User talk:Graphene|talk]]) 13:01, 12 November 2014 (UTC)</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:%3F%3F%3F87.png&diff=78953File:???87.png2014-11-12T12:57:08Z<p>Graphene: </p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:[Whale appears inside the comet]<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Dynamic comics]]</div>Graphenehttps://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=1446:_Landing&diff=789271446: Landing2014-11-12T12:35:00Z<p>Graphene: /* Transcript */</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys and girls.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
<br />
The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
<br />
==Frame by Frame Breakdown==<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:05:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:10:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:15:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:20:00<br />
:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:25:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
12:30:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Brave<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
<br />
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1446<br />
| date = November 12, 2014<br />
| title = Landing<br />
| image = ???.png<br />
| titletext = [LIVE]<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Buckle up, boys.}}<br />
This comic changes over time, tracking the progress of the {{w|Philae (spacecraft)|Philae}} lander separating from the {{w|European Space Agency}}'s {{w|Rosetta (spacecraft)|Rosetta}} probe to land on a comet. More info about it at [http://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].<br />
<br />
Frames of the comic began appearing at midnight (EST) on November 12, 2014 and updated every five minutes. Together, the images form a {{w|flip book}}, which you can view at [http://xkcd1446.org xkcd1446.org].<br />
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The title text was originally "...", but changed to "[LIVE]" at <Fill in time here>.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
00:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Three hours to separation<br />
00:45:00<br />
:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?<br />
00:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: I don't think so.<br />
01:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.<br />
02:20:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
02:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!<br />
:Philae: ''Yessss!''<br />
03:05:00<br />
:Philae: Can I just go now?<br />
03:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
03:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.<br />
:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.<br />
03:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: Ok, turning on ''concert''. I'll send you signals through the comet, once you're down there, so we can measure what's inside it.<br />
:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!<br />
:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.<br />
04:10:00<br />
:Philae: ''Wheee!''<br />
04:15:00<br />
:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!<br />
:Philae: Just take a selfie<br />
:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera<br />
10:00:00<br />
:Rosetta: Bye<br />
10:15:00<br />
:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace<br />
10:25:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.<br />
10:30:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...<br />
10:35:00<br />
:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!<br />
10:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!<br />
10:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!<br />
10:55:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.<br />
11:00:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
11:05:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:10:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
11:15:00<br />
:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:20:00<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:25:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:30:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes!<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:35:00<br />
:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?<br />
:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Not in space<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:40:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:45:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:50:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: In space<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully<br />
11:55:00<br />
:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster. There's a chance you might have to hang on to the surface without it.<br />
:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.<br />
:Status report:<br />
::Rosetta: In space<br />
::Philae lander: Worried<br />
::Mission control: Worried<br />
::Comet 67P: Big<br />
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet<br />
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u><br />
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