Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?
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No-one is certain yet. It did touch down, sinking 4cm into the surface, but soon after it appears it moved for maybe as long as 2 hours before coming to a stop, possibly bouncing off at least once. That would indicate the harpoons didn't fire, and /or the surface itself may not be very solid to "grip" onto.
Radio contact was also intermittent for unknown reasons. Apparently they will know more early Thursday morning.
I'm fairly certain just about everyone in this thread is excited over it and can't wait for more info. The anchoring is important to note for a variety of reasons especially as it tries to drill, gets closer to the sun etc..
iannis
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yeah, it's p. koo.
I'm not sure if I expected the comet to be bigger or smaller compared to LA. I mean that shit is obviously huge... but considering that sometimes comets light up so bright in the sky it's also really tiny.
Either way it's a neat pic. The pics where you go "I'm really not sure what I think about that" tend to be.
I'm not sure if I expected the comet to be bigger or smaller compared to LA. I mean that shit is obviously huge... but considering that sometimes comets light up so bright in the sky it's also really tiny.
Either way it's a neat pic. The pics where you go "I'm really not sure what I think about that" tend to be.
The lander is now stable but not anchored to the surface. They are getting data and pictures back from it!
The downside is the only thing keeping the lander on the comet is it's weight. The screws in the feet can't get a grip, and the harpoons didn't fire. That probably rules out drilling into the surface for the time being, in case it just pushed the lander away. They are still trying to locate exactly where the probe has come to rest.
*edit* from analysis of the images coming back "We're either looking into a ditch or we are against a wall" which might explain why the lander is stopped and why the radio transmissions are more intermittent than expected.
"We are sitting with the weight of the lander somehow on the comet. We are pretty sure where we landed the first time, and then we made quite a leap. Some people say it is in the order of 1 km high. And then we had another small leap, and now we are sitting there, and transmitting, and everything else is something we have to start understanding and keep interpreting." - project manager Stephan Ulamec
The downside is the only thing keeping the lander on the comet is it's weight. The screws in the feet can't get a grip, and the harpoons didn't fire. That probably rules out drilling into the surface for the time being, in case it just pushed the lander away. They are still trying to locate exactly where the probe has come to rest.
*edit* from analysis of the images coming back "We're either looking into a ditch or we are against a wall" which might explain why the lander is stopped and why the radio transmissions are more intermittent than expected.
"We are sitting with the weight of the lander somehow on the comet. We are pretty sure where we landed the first time, and then we made quite a leap. Some people say it is in the order of 1 km high. And then we had another small leap, and now we are sitting there, and transmitting, and everything else is something we have to start understanding and keep interpreting." - project manager Stephan Ulamec
Aaron
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One of the best ways to use solar panels in public that I have seen was in Italy of all places. They roof over parking spaces in many highway petrol stations and rest stops with solar panels. This keeps the cars in the shade when sunny (thus keeping the car cool), or dry if it's raining. The roofs are tilted to both collect the sun in the most efficient way and also to allow rainwater to run off. I bet most of the places I saw this made more energy than they used (at least on sunny days) and could sell excess to the grid.
Dyvim
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This is done in many central european places not limited to Italy, just saying.
Tuco
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They do that at the Spring's Preserve in Vegas:
The Spring's Preserve is a pseudo-tourist attraction designed to educate people on how to reduce their waste/consumption. I don't know what the cost/payoff numbers are for their parking lot, but I do feel like with the continuously decreasing cost of solar panels in the next ten years I'm hoping more profit-oriented businesses will start to implement these.
The funny thing is that there's so many efforts going on that effectively reduce the cost of energy (both in terms of input and output), it could be that when solar efficacy hits a soft cap it's still too far to be useful.
The Spring's Preserve is a pseudo-tourist attraction designed to educate people on how to reduce their waste/consumption. I don't know what the cost/payoff numbers are for their parking lot, but I do feel like with the continuously decreasing cost of solar panels in the next ten years I'm hoping more profit-oriented businesses will start to implement these.
The funny thing is that there's so many efforts going on that effectively reduce the cost of energy (both in terms of input and output), it could be that when solar efficacy hits a soft cap it's still too far to be useful.
