
Surely?
I can't be the only person who thought 'Space Invaders' and was waiting for a bonus UFO to fly across the top
The European Space Agency (ESA) says its comet-circling Rosettta probe will try to make contact with the Philae lander starting Thursday. In case you've come in late, this story starts in 2004 when the ESA sent a craft called Rosetta in the direction of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta's payload included Philae, a …
I do hope they manage to wake it up. it seems the hardest part is complete, actually landing on the comet. so providing it latched on securely and has managed to capture enough sunlight and store it well then hopefully it should boot up as expected....although i am no scientist and "Boot Up" was probably the wrong term to use.....
I'd love to see some new pictures of its managed to spin its camera around as the last pics we saw it seemed to be staring at a fairly un-interesting rock face....
I'd also like to see some shots from the orbiter if they manage to locate it on the comet to see just how far it was from it's intended landing site.
No it probably is the right term. I was on an electric train early one winter morning when the power failed and we came to a stop and sat in the dark. We cheered when after a while the lights came back on but the driver announced we still could not go just yet as the train required ten minutes to boot up.
I really hope the probe wakes up from its hybernation without issues. I cannot help wondering if, when it wakes up, Philae will say:
"I have worked out that if I stick my left arm in my right ear, I can electrocute myself ..., terminally"
or alternatively
"I think you ought to know I am feeling very depressed"
Or simply:
"It's c c cold"
> Here's hoping it's not a Philae O Fish...
Anon you may be, but we can geolocate you by that execrable pun, you monster. It only works in the USA, where for some reason the word "fillet" is pronounced as if it was French, with a silent 't'. The correct pronunciation1 rhymes with "millet", "goblet" and "jacket", which I sincerely hope that you don't pronounce as 'millay', 'goblay' and 'jackay'!
1 http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/fillet