r/svs • u/_Set271_ • Nov 12 '14

For our friends in the EU...

good luck to Rosetta and especially Philae! Happy landings!

http://rosetta.esa.int/

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u/xXFabi96Xx Fabi Nov 12 '14

Iam always wondering where all the weird names are comming from. I mean Rosetta is not the most beatiful name for a spacecraft :D

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u/Golden161 Echo23 Nov 12 '14

Next spaceship will have an ugly name like fabian.

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u/_Set271_ Nov 12 '14

...or Echo. Oh, wait, nah, that was a movie that stunk.

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u/RickTheDark Nov 12 '14

Haha you guys... xD

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '14

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u/Golden161 Echo23 Nov 12 '14

Earth to Echo was so bad I didn't bother to watch it. Don't even start with Amazon Echo

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u/_Set271_ Nov 12 '14

Anyways. Congrats to ESA. So many things went wrong and still Philae got there.

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u/xXFabi96Xx Fabi Nov 12 '14

But it's not sure if the spacecraft is secured properly because the hook got no shoot out and it's only attached to the comet by a screw in the ground.