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*Frames of the comic started appearing November 12, 2014 and were being updated every five minutes. The collection of images creates a {{w|flip book}} that is displayed above.
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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]).
  
 
==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic changed over time during 12 hours and 15 minutes starting at 0:00 EST (when the comic normally is released) posting 143 pictures that tracked 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 comet {{w|67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko}}. More info can be found here: [https://rosetta.esa.int rosetta.esa.int].
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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].
  
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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 finally the apparently successful landing on the comet.
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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.
  
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Beginning at [[Media:???65.png|11:05]], 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.
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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 partly 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.  
  
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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 at this time. There is also drawn a [[Cueball]] on the surface also marked with a "?" Both are then at some point marked with a ''probably not'' - starting from [[Media:???83.png|12:35]]. The whales are also mentioned in the "Status Report" where they for instance may be listed as "calm" or "(probably) not in space". At [[Media:???122.png|16:00]] the when the entire Earth goes ''AAAAAAAAAAA'' the whales are listed as saying this as well (along with Mission control and U.S. scientists). From this moment "Dolphins and fish" are also mentioned in the report. They are asking if it is the whales that scream. The reference to whales comes from the fact that Philae brought along two harpoons that should have been used to anchor it to the comet. On Earth, harpoons have mainly been used to hunt whales; Randall previously mentioned that comparison in [[1402: Harpoons]], suggesting that Philae was programmed to believe it was sent to kill the comet. It is Philae that "dreams" about whales on the surface of the comet which can be seen in the picture for [[Media:???93.png|13:25]] and in the status report.
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This could also be a reference to the scene described in {{w|Douglas Adams}}' ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' which begins: ''Another thing that got forgotten was the fact that against all probability a sperm whale had suddenly been called into existence several miles above the surface of an alien planet.'' [http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/198068-another-thing-that-got-forgotten-was-the-fact-that-against The passage] discusses thoughts of a whale as it makes the inevitable journey to the planet surface. Another reason to believe there are references to these books is, that in another one of them, all the Dolphins leave Earth (before it is destroyed) and their last message to us humans is: ''{{w|So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish}}'' - which is the title of the fourth book in the series.
  
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Some {{w|Douglas Adams}} fans believe these whales and dolphins are references to ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}'' and ''{{w|So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish}}.''  Whales in space have been appearing in fiction and art since the 1960s. However, with the above-mentioned reasons for whales, dolphins, and fish, this seems less and less likely.
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Shortly after release from Rosetta, Philae calls out 'Spaaaaaaaaaace'; this mimics the {{w|Portal 2}} 'Space core' who, on finally reaching space in the last scenes, gives the same elated cry.
  
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At [[Media:???115.png|15:25]] Rosetta asks Philea about destroying and levitating rocks via mind control. This is a reference to the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vlOgN_3QQ Ambition] short movie, ESA commitioned to gather public awareness of the Rosetta mission.
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The comic title was originally "???" (probably to not give away too early what the comic was about), but changed to "Landing" when Randall came on live at five in the morning EST. At that moment the title text also changed from "..." to "[LIVE]". It was also then that the timestamps' timezone switch. At 5:00 AM (EST) the timestamp in the picture 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.
  
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Shortly after release from Rosetta ([[Media:???56.png|10:15]]), Philae calls out 'Spaaaaaaaaaace'; this mimics the {{w|Portal 2}} 'Space core' who, on finally reaching space in the last scenes, gives the same elated cry.
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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 seemed to have stopped after 136 pictures at 17:15 UTC, 12 hours and 15 minutes after the first picture. But later, sometime after 17:15 UTC, the counter for the last picture changed to 142, so maybe Randall has inserted 6 extra pictures later - however he must then have changed the number on the pictures, since the last picture is still the same now, but with number 142 instead of 136. It is thus now difficult to find out which pictures would have been added later. But even 142 pictures at 5 minutes intervals only spans 11 hours and 45 minutes, thus there would still be six 5 minute intervals without any picture.
  
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US Scientists presumably wake up at 7:40 EST ([[Media:???96.png|13:40]] UTC) and in the report they now says "Bluuurghhh. What time is it?" to indicate their tiredness. This does not change until 10:25 EST ([[Media:???115.png|15:25]] UTC) so they are slow to wake (2 hours 45 minutes). At this point, they becomes anxious as there are only 10 minutes to landing. This last until there is 15 minutes until news of landing (a reference to the 28 minutes time delays due to the huge distance to the comet). From then on ([[Media:???120.png|15:50]]) they and the mission control (MC) say "AAAAAAA". They stop this when the news should be there - the NOW ([[Media:???122a.png|16:05]]) - and everybody holds their breath indicated by [...] - also MC. Finally ([[Media:???125.png|16:25]]) they and MC become proud (along with Earth) when Philae announces ''I got you a comet.'' It should have stopped there but as Philae bounced around, they then becomes anxious again [[Media:???128.png|16:40]], and then these changes to nervous [[Media:???129.png|16:45]] (switching those emotions with MC). And then suddenly ([[Media:???130.png|16:50]]) it is no longer US Scientists but just plain Scientists - that are nervous. It stays like this during the last few pictures, although they again become anxious, but when Philae announces ''I did it'', they drink wine as indicated with "[wine]" in the report from the second to last picture ([[Media:???134.png|17:10]]).
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According to [http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30026398 BBC News], the harpoons did not fire as planned and the lander may have landed, bounced off, and landed again. This would explain the change in "Do harpoons work on comets" from "YES" to "Don't know" at 16:35:00 and the change in "Have we landed on a comet?" from "YES" to "Yes, at least once" at 16:50:00. According to [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/science/space/european-space-agencys-spacecraft-lands-on-comets-surface.html?_r=0 The New York Times], radio contact with Philae fluctuated, which would explain the "Anxious", "Nervous", and "Confused" statuses around that time.
  
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Randall has written "A big thank-you to [https://twitter.com/elakdawalla Emily Lakdawalla] for help and advice on this comic" in the xkcd page header for [https://www.xkcd.com/1446/ Landing], revealing the possible source of his near real-time data.
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US Scientists presumably wake up at 7:40 EST (13:40 UTC) and say "Bluuurghhh. What time is it?" to indicate their tiredness.
  
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At [[Media:???124.png|16:20]] the status report had announced a big '''Yes''' to the questions "Have we landed on a comet" and "Do harpoons work on comets". According to [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-30026398 BBC News], the harpoons did, however, not fire as planned and the lander may have landed, bounced off, and landed again. This would explain the change in "Do harpoons work on comets" to "Don't know" at [[Media:???127.png|16:35]] and the change in "Have we landed on a comet?" to "Yes, at least once" at [[Media:???130.png|16:50]]. According to [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/science/space/european-space-agencys-spacecraft-lands-on-comets-surface.html?_r=0 The New York Times], radio contact with Philae fluctuated, which would explain the "Anxious", "Nervous", and "Confused" statuses around that time.  In the end the lander did land and whereas the Do harpoons work status did not change, so did the have we landed on a comet which changed back to '''Yes''' at [[Media:???134.png|17:10]].
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There appears to be a brief error between 02:35 and 02:45, where the time until lander separation is shown as 1 hour, counting down to 50 minutes, before being corrected to 75 minutes at 02:50.
  
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The lander bounced three times and ended up in a place where the solar panels were mainly in the shadow. This resulted in the lander shutting down when its own battery ran out of power after only 2–3 days on the ground. This seemed sad, as there was only a small chance that the seasons on the comet would change so that the panels would later receive sun again. However, in the few hours that Philae had on the ground, it still managed to analyze the surface and obtain a lot of useful data - so that part of the mission was still a success already. This all happened after the comic stopped updating.
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Randall credits https://twitter.com/elakdawalla in the xkcd page header, revealing the possible source of his near real-time data.
  
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On June 13, 2015, it was announced that signals had been received on earth indicating that Philae had awoken and that the solar panels were functioning.  Ironically, had Philae landed in a place originally out of shadow, it would have already failed before this time (due to overheating), so it was actually fortunate that it landed as it did and would be able to operate during the time that the comet would be closer to the sun. To celebrate the lander's revival, Randall updated the comic, depicting the lander saying "Hi." on the comet's surface.
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==Frame by Frame Breakdown==
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* Here is a [[1446: Landing/Frame by Frame Breakdown|link to a table]] with a frame by frame breakdown of all 143 pictures.
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The comic title was originally "???" (probably to not give away too early what the comic was about), but changed to "Landing" when Randall came on live at five in the morning EST. At that moment the title text also changed from "..." to "[LIVE]". It was also then that the timestamps' timezone switch. At 5:00 AM (EST) the time stamp in the picture 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.
 
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There were however a few pictures with more than 5 minutes of delay (about 11 times five minutes without an update in total during the "live" transmission). The update seemed to have stopped after 137 pictures at 17:15 UTC, 12 hours and 15 minutes after the first picture. (The first picture has number 0, so the last had number 136). But later, sometime after 17:15 UTC, the counter for the last picture was increased to 142 (143 pictures in total), so maybe Randall inserted 6 extra pictures later - however he must then have changed the numbers on the pictures, since the last picture remained the same until mid-June, but with number 142 instead of 136. It is thus now difficult to find out which pictures would have been added later. However, eight pictures were not included in the original table with the [[#Frame by Frame Breakdown|Frame by Frame Breakdown]] below. So it must have been some of those missing pictures that were added later - maybe all of them, as the last three may already have been added before the last picture was released (All 143 pictures are included in the flip-book gif image shown here above). But even 143 pictures at 5 minutes intervals only spans 11 hours and 50 minutes, thus there are still five ''5 minute intervals'' without any picture. See which in the [[1446: Landing/Frame by Frame Breakdown|table]].
 
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The Rosetta space probe is shown in [[1621: Fixion]], which explains the {{w|Flyby anomaly}} experienced the first time (of three) the probe got close to Earth.
 
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===Frame by Frame Breakdown===
 
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*Here is a [[1446: Landing/Frame by Frame Breakdown|link to a table]] with a frame-by-frame breakdown of all 143 pictures.
 
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*Here is a [[1446: Landing/All pictures|page with all the pictures]] frame by frame.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[This transcript gives only the text of the most [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/c/c7/%3F%3F%3F140.png recent picture] shown in the comic; that which is now shown when clicking to the comic on xkcd. This changed a few times after the live event ended.]
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00:00:00
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:[Showing blank image]
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00:35:00
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:Rosetta: Three hours to separation
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00:45:00
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:Philae: Has anyone ever tried this before?
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00:50:00
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:Rosetta: I don't think so.
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01:25:00
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:Rosetta: Ready to begin pre-delivery burn.
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02:20:00
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:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!
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02:25:00
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:Rosetta: We are ''go'' for separation!
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:Philae: ''Yessss!''
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02:35:00
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:Time until lander separation: 1 Hour
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02:40:00
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:Time until lander separation: 55 Minutes
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02:45:00
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:Time until lander separation: 50 Minutes
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02:50:00
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:Time until lander separation: 75 Minutes
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02:55:00
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:Time until lander separation: 70 Minutes
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03:00:00
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:Time until lander separation: 65 Minutes
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03:05:00
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:Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes
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:Philae: Can I just go now?
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03:10:00
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:Time until lander separation: 60 Minutes
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03:20:00
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:Time until lander separation: 45 Minutes
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:Philae: Turning on ''sesame'' Bzzzzzzzzzt.
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03:25:00
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:Time until lander separation: 40 Minutes
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:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.
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03:35:00
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:Time until lander separation: 30 Minutes
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:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.
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:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.
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03:40:00
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:Time until lander separation: 25 Minutes
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:Rosetta: Well it's been a fun 10 years together.
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:Philae: Yeah! ... a little boring maybe.
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03:45:00
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:Time until lander separation: 20 Minutes
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: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.
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03:50:00
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:Time until lander separation: 15 Minutes
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: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.
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:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!
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:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.
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03:55:00
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:Time until lander separation: 10 Minutes
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: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.
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:Philae: Assuming comets even ''have'' insides!
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:Rosetta: I'm, uh, pretty sure they do.
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04:05:00
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:Time until lander separation: <font color="red">None</font>
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04:10:00
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:[Philae separates from Rosetta to comet]
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:Philae: ''Wheee!''
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04:15:00
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:Rosetta: Quick, take a picture of me!
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:Philae: Just take a selfie
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:Rosetta: Can't. No front-facing camera
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04:20:00
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:Time until landing: 6 Hours
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10:00:00
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:Rosetta: Bye
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10:05:00
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:[Rosetta, Philae and comet appear on the left, indicating the landing progress. Philae appear on the right.]
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10:15:00
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:Philae: Spaaaaaaaace
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10:25:00
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:[Showing Rosetta on the right]
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:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt.
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10:30:00
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:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it...
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10:35:00
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:Rosetta: Lost track of earth thanks to that jolt. Let's see, where is it... Aha!
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10:40:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Rosetta: Hey! Earth!
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10:45:00
  
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:[Showing Philae on a comet.]
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Time Since Landing: 211 days
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:Rosetta: Hey! Earth! Check out these pics!
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:Philae: Hi!
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10:55:00
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:[Status report at the bottom-right corner.]
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:[Showing Philae on the right]
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet.
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11:00:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.
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11:05:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:[Status report appear from bottom-right corner]
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:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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11:10:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.
 
:Status report:
 
:Status report:
 
::Rosetta: In space
 
::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Hi!
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: '''!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'''
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Scientists: '''!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'''
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: '''''YES.'''''
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Sun: Warm
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11:15:00
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::Comet: Big
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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::Philae, where ''ARE'' you?: Home
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:Philae: Gonna harpoon a comet. This is so cool. ... I hope harpoons ''work'' on comets.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:20:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:25:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:30:00
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:Time until landing: 5 Hours
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:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?
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:Rosetta: Yes!
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:35:00
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:Time until landing: '''4''' Hours
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:Philae: Hey Rosetta - you in touch with Earth?
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:Rosetta: Yes! ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Not in space
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:40:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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:Rosetta: ... They're a little worried about your top thruster.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:45:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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: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.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:50:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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: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.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: In space
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
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11:55:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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: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.
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:Philae: I ''really'' hope harpoons work on comets.
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Worried
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
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12:05:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Worried
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
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12:10:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Brave
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
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12:15:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Brave
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
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12:20:00
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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:Philae: Harpoons work on whales, right?
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Brave
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::'''Whales: Not in space'''
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::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
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::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
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12:25:00
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:['''Whale appears inside the comet''']
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:Time until landing: 4 Hours
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:Status report:
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::Rosetta: In space
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::Philae lander: Brave
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::Mission control: Worried
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::Comet 67P: Big
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::Whales: '''''Probably''''' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
12:30:00
 +
:['''Whale marked "Probably not"''']
 +
:Time until landing: 4 Hours
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
12:35:00
 +
:[Whale '''and stick figure''' on comet marked "Probably not"]
 +
:Time until landing: '''3''' Hours
 +
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.
 +
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.
 +
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::'''Has anybody tried this before: Nope'''
 +
12:40:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Rosetta: They should be getting the pictures back on earth about now.
 +
:Philae: The 28-minute delay is weird.
 +
:Rosetta: I'm watching for the <font color="grey">✔ seen 12:41 pm</font> message.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
12:45:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
12:50:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
: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.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
12:55:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
: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.
 +
:'''Rosetta: Don't worry - the rocks should be full of pockets where ice used to be. Your harpoons will crunch right through.'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
  
−
:[For the '''full transcript''' of all 143 pictures see '''[[1446: Landing/Transcript]]'''.]
+
13:00:00
−
 
+
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
−
==Trivia==
+
: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.
−
*There appears to be a brief error between 02:35 and 02:45, where the time until lander separation is shown as 1 hour, counting down to 50 minutes, before being corrected to 75 minutes at 02:50.
+
: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.'''
−
**Since this was supposed to be during the "non-live" section before Randall got up (and got live) it is not sure whether this was a "real" mistake, or if he was up anyway, and corrected this timing error when he discovered the plans had change during the approach flight.
+
:Status report:
−
*Later after the initial release of this comic Randall added a link to this page. It's the first time this wiki is mentioned at xkcd itself and it's viewable in the HTML-source or here: [https://xkcd.com/1446/info.0.json https://xkcd.com/1446/info.0.json]. The text is: ''"A very thorough explanation of the comic is available here: http:\n\nwww.explainxkcd.com\nwiki\nindex.php\n1446:_Landing"''.
+
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:10:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: [thinks] I mean, when I think about it, it's hard to believe harpoons even work on ''whales''.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Worried
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:15:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?
 +
:Philae lander: No.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Worried
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:20:00
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Rosetta: Are you thinking about whales?
 +
:Philae lander: No.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Thinking about whales'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:25:00
 +
:['''More whales appear above the comet surface''']
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Thinking about whales
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:30:00
 +
:['''Whales and stick figure disappear''']
 +
:['''Slab of rock appears near the target''']
 +
:['''Whale hides behind rock''']
 +
:Time until landing: 3 Hours
 +
:Rosetta: <font color="grey">✔ seen 1:02 pm</font> Hooray!
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Thinking about '''rocks'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:35:00
 +
:Time until landing: '''2''' Hours
 +
:Rosetta: Oh, they wanted me to mention -
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:40:00
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
: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.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Worried
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::'''U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:45:00
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
: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.
 +
:'''Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.'''
 +
:'''Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Worried
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:50:00
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
: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.
 +
:Philae lander: I've got a gyroscope. I'm pretty good at balancing.
 +
:Rosetta: Yeah, well, try not to do that.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''WORRIED'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: <u>Hopefully</u>
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
13:55:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:'''Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?'''
 +
:'''Rosetta: Sorry. They're so far away their signals take half an hour to get here.'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Worried'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''
 +
::'''Earth: Far away'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:00:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: Can't a pilot on earth help me land?
 +
: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.'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Worried
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:05:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
: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.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Brave'''
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:10:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: I can do this.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:15:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: I can do this.
 +
: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.'''
 +
:Philae lander: '''Haha, yeah!'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Worried
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:20:00:
 +
['''Slab of rock disappears''']
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: I can do this.
 +
: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.
 +
:Philae lander: Haha, yeah! '''Enjoy being stuck on your planet, suckers!'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: '''Stuck on earth'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:25:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras...
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:30:00:
 +
['''Lander fires thrusters''']
 +
:Time until landing: 2 Hours
 +
:Philae lander: All right! Time to turn on my landing cameras... '''...Annnnd arm my ''harpoons!'''''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:35:00:
 +
:Time until landing: '''<font color="red">60 Minutes</font>'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:40:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 55 Minutes
 +
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:45:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 50 Minutes
 +
:Rosetta: Can you see it? Can you see the landing site?
 +
:Philae lander: '''WOW.'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Brave
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
14:50:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 45 Minutes
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Big
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:00:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 35 Minutes
 +
:Philae lander: Hi, comet. I'm Philae. We caught you.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: WOW.
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: '''Near'''
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Not yet...'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:10:00:
 +
:[Showing Rosetta on the right]
 +
:Time until landing: 25 Minutes
 +
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little.
 +
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''WHEEEE!'''
 +
::Mission control: Stuck on earth
 +
::Comet 67P: Near
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:15:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 20 Minutes
 +
:Rosetta: Looking good. You're right on target. Spinning a little. '''They're loving your pictures back home!'''
 +
:Philae lander: WHEEEE!
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: WHEEEE!
 +
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Near
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:20:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 15 Minutes
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''WOW.'''
 +
::Mission control: Nervous
 +
::Comet 67P: Near
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: "Bluuurghhh. What ''time'' is it?"
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:25:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 10 Minutes
 +
:Rosetta: Hey, Philae- Do you see anything that might explain how to levitate and destroy rocks with your minds? People back home keep asking.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Wow.
 +
::Mission control: Nervous
 +
::Comet 67P: Near
 +
::Whales: ''Probably'' Not in space
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Not yet...
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:30:00:
 +
:Time until landing: 5 Minutes
 +
:Rosetta: Philae?
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''...'''
 +
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Near
 +
::Whales: '''Anxious'''
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''...'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Far away
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:35:00:
 +
:[Showing Earth on the right]
 +
:Time until '''news of landing: 30 minutes'''
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ...
 +
::Mission control: Anxious
 +
::Comet 67P: '''Far away'''
 +
::Whales: '''Calm'''
 +
::U.S. Scientists: Nervous
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Hopefully'''
 +
::Earth: '''Near'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:40:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: 25 minutes
 +
:Prime Minister: I hope we succeeded. That awful comet must be destroyed.
 +
:Aide: ...Mr. Prime Minister, no one is trying to destroy the comet.
 +
:Prime Minister: What?! But I secured you all this funding. I just assumed...
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ...
 +
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:45:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: 20 minutes
 +
:This picture of Philae falling away is beautiful.
 +
:Its kind of blurry and washed out.
 +
:There will be a lot more soon. But this was the first.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ...
 +
::Mission control: Nervous
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: Anxious
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:50:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: 15 minutes
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''???'''
 +
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
15:55:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: 10 minutes
 +
:AAAA! I can't take it - this is too stressful!
 +
:You're just looking at Twitter.
 +
:I should probably never ''actually'' go to space.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''???'''
 +
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:00:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: 5 minutes
 +
:AAAAAAAAAAA
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''???'''
 +
::Mission control: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''AAAAAAA'''
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: Um, are those whales screaming?
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Hopefully
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:05:00:
 +
:[Philae and the comet on the left veiled]
 +
:Time until news of landing: [now]
 +
:[Holding breath]
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander:'''???'''
 +
::Mission control: '''[...]'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: '''Calm'''
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''[...]'''
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: '''OK'''
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''???'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''[...]'''
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:10:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: [now]
 +
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander:
 +
::Mission control: [...]
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: [...]
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: [...]
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:15:00:
 +
:Time until news of landing: [now]
 +
:Philae lander: Hey, Earth!
 +
:Philae lander: It's Philae.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander:
 +
::Mission control: [...]
 +
::Comet 67P: Far away
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: [...]
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: ???
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: [...]
 +
::Earth: Near
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:20:00:
 +
:[Showing Philae on a comet]
 +
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.
 +
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''
 +
::Mission control: [...]
 +
::Comet 67P: '''Here.'''
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: [...]
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES.'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''YES.'''
 +
::Earth: '''Far Away'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:25:00:
 +
:Philae lander: Hi, Earth! It's Philae.
 +
:Philae lander: I got you a comet.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Landed
 +
::Mission control: '''Proud'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Here.
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''Proud'''
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.
 +
::Earth: '''Proud'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:30:00:
 +
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.
 +
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Landed
 +
::Mission control: Proud
 +
::Comet 67P: '''Harpooned'''
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: Proud
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: YES.
 +
::Earth: Proud
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:35:00:
 +
:Philae lander: I'm taking pictures and sending them as fast as I can.
 +
:Philae lander: It's a long way home but they should get there soon!
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Landed
 +
::Mission control: Proud
 +
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: Proud
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: '''Don't know'''
 +
::Earth: Proud
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:40:00:
 +
:[Philae slightly tilts]
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''???'''
 +
::Mission control: '''Nervous'''
 +
::Comet 67P: Landed on
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''Anxious'''
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: Proud
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:45:00:
 +
:[Philae tilts more]
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ???
 +
::Mission control: '''Anxious'''
 +
::Comet 67P: '''???'''
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::U.S. Scientists: '''Nervous'''
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES.
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: '''Confused'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:50:00:
 +
:[Philae tilts the opposite]
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ???
 +
::Mission control: Anxious
 +
::Comet 67P: ???
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::'''Scientists''': Nervous
 +
::'''Harpoons: Tricky'''
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''Yes, at least once'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: Confused
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
16:55:00:
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ???
 +
::Mission control: Anxious
 +
::Comet 67P: ???
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::Scientists: Nervous
 +
::Harpoons: Tricky
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: Confused
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
17:00:00:
 +
:[Showing Earth]
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ???
 +
::Mission control: Anxious
 +
::Comet 67P: ???
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::Scientists: '''Anxious'''
 +
::Harpoons: Tricky
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: '''Nervous'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
17:05:00:
 +
:Philae? Are you OK?
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: ???
 +
::Mission control: Anxious
 +
::Comet 67P: ???
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::Scientists: Anxious
 +
::Harpoons: Tricky
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: Yes, at least once
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: Nervous
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
17:10:00:
 +
:[Showing Philae on a comet]
 +
:Philae: I did it.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: '''Landed'''
 +
::Mission control: '''!!!!!'''
 +
::Comet 67P: '''Landed on'''
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::Scientists: '''[Wine]'''
 +
::Harpoons: Tricky
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: '''YES'''
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: '''!!!!!'''
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
 +
17:15:00:
 +
:Philae? Is everything OK?
 +
:Philae: I landed! I'm on a comet. I'm OK and I'm on a comet.
 +
:Status report:
 +
::Rosetta: In space
 +
::Philae lander: Landed
 +
::Mission control: !!!!!
 +
::Comet 67P: Landed on
 +
::Whales: Calm
 +
::Scientists: [Wine]
 +
::Harpoons: Tricky
 +
::Dolphins and Fish: OK
 +
::Have we landed on a comet?: YES
 +
::Do harpoons work on comets: Don't know
 +
::Earth: !!!!!
 +
::Has anybody tried this before: Nope
  
 
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