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Sleeping Rosetta Spacecraft Wakes Up for Historic Comet Rendezvous and Landing
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| 1-20-14
| Mike Wall
Posted on 01/20/2014 9:34:30 PM PST by smokingfrog
A European probe awoke from a deep sleep Monday (Jan. 20) to gear up for an unprecedented comet rendezvous and landing this year that will cap a 10-year voyage across the solar system.
After two and a half years in hibernation, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft emerged from its slumber while cruising nearly 418 million miles (673 million kilometers) from the sun. The wakeup call, which was due to begin at 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT), took hours as Rosetta switched on heaters to warm itself after its long night in the cold depths of space.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: churyumovgerasimenko; comet; comet67p; cometprobe; comets; jetpropulsionlab; philae; rosetta; space
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To: mylife
Yes, my brother is one of those smart people. He has such a mathematical and scientific mind that it’s difficult at times understanding what he’s talking about....he forgets we don’t “think” as he does! Ha!
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01/20/2014 10:50:54 PM PST
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caww
To: caww
Yeah and they don't think like us LOL.
The oil lamp comes on in the car and they are flummoxed.
Go figure... LOL ☺
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01/20/2014 10:54:55 PM PST
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mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: caww
I’m still trying to figure out I/Q pairs.
I don’t have time to learn everything, but try to be a jack of all trades.
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01/20/2014 10:58:39 PM PST
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mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: caww
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01/20/2014 10:59:40 PM PST
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mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: caww
You know the old adage.
Master of none.
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01/20/2014 11:03:56 PM PST
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: mylife
The oil lamp comes on in the car and they are flummoxed. Well you have to admit that using a different language for the dashboards to kind of stupid.
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01/21/2014 4:28:17 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
(Over production, one of the top 5 worries for the American Farmer every year.)
To: mylife
These calculations were made decades ago.
With a slide rule.....
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01/21/2014 4:32:02 AM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Miss Muffit suffered from arachnophobia.....)
To: smokingfrog
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01/21/2014 4:33:36 AM PST
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JoeProBono
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To: smokingfrog
The wakeup call, which was due to begin at 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT), took hours as Rosetta switched on heaters...Went something like this...
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01/21/2014 7:48:20 AM PST
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JRios1968
(I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
To: mylife
You’re gonna haf to tell me that story sometime..
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01/21/2014 7:59:47 AM PST
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: JRios1968
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01/21/2014 8:06:04 AM PST
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smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Squawk 8888
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01/21/2014 4:49:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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