Well…even after two weeks, I am still having problems writing about politics and the wilderness we progressives are going to be in for the next two years…maybe it will get better tomorrow…at least I’ll try harder tomorrow to talk about something…but, it’s not as if I’m not trying now, I am, I just can’t get there from here and not much else interests me, either…it is a shame that the Philae lander bounced and ended up in an area of shade next to a cliff that will cause it to run out of batteries in a couple of days…I hope they can get the science done before that happens…the bounce was so high that it took the lander 2 hours to fall back to the surface of the comet and it had moved so much in that time that it missed the chosen landing area….the latest photos show it off kilter but they are trying to figure out if they can use the leg drills to bounce it again back to a better place since the 440 lb lander only weighs about an ounce on the comet…oh, well…good luck people….
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Philae is down….
Well…10 years…10 frickin years to get to this point…in case you haven’t been following…the Philae lander has landed on the comet and is sending back data…I am in awe of the accomplishment and of the comments that I have just heard…that this is to advance the human race’s knowledge..to advance science and help us to understand the universe we live in…and, I got to watch it live just like the moon landings in 1969. Of course, this landing had no danger for the humans involved…but, it does not minimize the accomplishment at all…it was just so cool to see the reactions of the geeks live when the data started to come in…it made me smile that there are still people in the world who care so much about science and what it can do for the human race…just wish some of that would rub off on the people of the US…can’t wait to see the photos!