Post: #26

(11-12-2014 03:38 PM)Sp5 Wrote:  So I say, "Yeah, that because that's the kind of thing men do, build spacecraft, women don't do that, they cook."

Post: #27

Headline should read America instead of ESA. The times.

"It has come to our attention that a mysterious force is LOOSE..somewhere in outer space."

"The mysteries of creation are there."

"Up in the sky?" "Up in the sky."

"The moon and the planets are there.
And new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.
And therefore as we set sail; we ask God's blessing -
on the most hazardous, and dangerous, and greatest adventure
of which man has ever embarked."

"Prepared for liftoff."

Post: #28

(11-12-2014 03:06 PM)Glider Wrote:  Imagine the maths involved in getting that thing onto the comet.

Indeed.

All of this will not even be possible without the invention of one and only one thing: CALCULUS.

The man who first invented/discovered calculus was Isaac Newton..... Another man, Gottfried Liebniz, independently discovered calculus around 10 years after Newton's discovery....

Newton's work can be found in his book Principia Mathematica.

You know what big time feminist, Sandra Harding, had to say about Newton's Principia Mathematica?

She called it "a rape manual". I shite you not! In fact, her exact quote was "Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica is a 'rape manual' because 'science is a male rape of female nature'.".



So, there you have it, lads, one of the most monumental work of physics and mathematics, is a rape manual. The very book that contains calculus and classical, gravitational physics: the foundation that undergirds the very complex mathematics/physics that later guided Rosetta satellite to the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko... is a rape manual..... And if you like that book or respect it, you are liking and respecting a rape manual!

Mrs Sandra Harding is a powerhouse, feminist intellectual in USA; very well known and studied in graduates studies, as a matter of fact.

You may ask, what did she accomplished to be awarded such accolades? Well, she invented what is called "strong objectivity" aka "feminist objectivity". Apparently, this makes her qualify to critique the objective reality of scientific discoveries and assign value judgment to them......

My take on "strong objectivity"?? Simply this:


Let us all remember, that afterall Newton merely invented calculus, classical mechanics/gravitation and some discoveries in optics...which probably pale in achievement to the "strong objectivity" of Sandra Harding. Hahahaha.

Besides, Newton only received a mere M.A from Trinity College, Cambridge... while on the other hand, Sandra Harding have such fine credentials: a professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education at UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and the Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. Harding previously taught at the University of Delaware for many years. She earned her PhD from New York University (NYU). Clearly, she has Newton beat!

In closing, i will just point out that another noted feminist, Luce Irigaray, stated that E=MC^2 is a sexed equation. Why? And i quote "it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us".



I know my above post diverges from the topic of the ESA mission... but reading this great achievement(comet landing) just brings to mind the critical achievement of Newton's... the man who first invented calculus... without which none of this will even be possible... in comparison to the monumental stupidity of women like Sandra Harding, feminist extra-ordinaire.

regards,

Nemencine

Post: #29

Nemencine,

What you've absolutely crystallized for me here is that 1/2 the human race is here solely for my enjoyment, either through sex or comedy depending on their SMV.



In other news, Philae is in big trouble. 60 hours of initial battery life is winding down, and it's heavily shaded in its present position, only getting 3 hours of sunlight per day which is not enough to recharge. No harpoons holding it down, so any instrument deployment will upset things. I hope ESA brought their A game, this is their Apollo 13 moment. I give it 10% chance of doing anything besides taking pictures and magnetic field measurements, and I hope I'm very wrong and for whatever reason it's not that bad. They've had great luck so far, because after the initial touchdown they slowly braked the reaction wheels thinking they were on the surface anchored, so during the bounces they must have been tumbling. It's amazing they landed upright and relatively unbroken.

Post: #30

(11-13-2014 01:28 AM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  Amazing feat! We should start mining comets instead of mining earth.

Working in the Asteroid mining industry: 6 figures in 6 months!

Post: #31

(11-13-2014 09:45 PM)Jura Wrote:  

(11-13-2014 01:28 AM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  Amazing feat! We should start mining comets instead of mining earth.

Working in the Asteroid mining industry: 6 figures in 6 months!

You mean 7 figures in 126 months.

Got to account for travel time and hazard pay.

Post: #32

MUPUS has deployed and they're looking at data.

MUPUS is a low-force reciprocating hammer/drill for inserting a temperature probe under the surface of the comet:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/se...clnk&gl=us

Hammertime!!!

Post: #33

They're going for it!!!

Drilling with the sample collection drill, different than the MUPUS drill, that will hopefully get a few grams of comet material to the mass spectrometer and gas chromatograph (sorry for the large image but the original is all copy protected and I had to do something unconventional)

Post: #34

ESA are rockstars. They did it. Snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!!!

Philae bounced on landing, almost with enough velocity to escape. Tumbled around, bounced again, landed upright without breaking, anchored with a few grams of gravitational force only. At the bottom of a canyon, only getting a fraction of the sunlight they'd planned for. Decided what to do and did it ASAP while primary power ran out. I look forward to the science data that will come over the next weeks. They probably haven't slept much if at all over the past few days.

Comet exploration game recognized!

Post: #35

(11-13-2014 09:06 PM)Nemencine Wrote:  In closing, i will just point out that another noted feminist, Luce Irigaray, stated that E=MC^2 is a sexed equation. Why? And i quote "it privileges the speed of light over other speeds that are vitally necessary to us".

Been doing some forum research today and I came across this. Just when I thought feminism could no longer stun me... this...



I mean... what in the ACTUAL fuck??!!!!

Post: #36

That doesn't surprise me at all. Female physicists are crazy on their own. Female physicists who are also feminists...I can't even comprehend that level of craziness.

Post: #37

And the Rosetta probe ended it's mission, crashing into the comet.

Perhaps the ESA should have turned this phase of the mission over to the Japan Space Agency?

Post: #38

Was it an intentional crash? Sounds like its purpose above the comet was finishing up, so they decided to put it on the surface to collect data.

Post: #39

(09-30-2016 11:42 AM)Laner Wrote:  Was it an intentional crash? Sounds like its purpose above the comet was finishing up, so they decided to put it on the surface to collect data.

Yes it was intentional, and wasn't really a "crash" per say.

Quote:Airbus Defence and Space, which built the Rosetta probe, said the impact was at a sedate walking pace of about one mile per hour.

You can still see it as one piece.

Post: #40

^That's the lander. The probe, which was in orbit around the comet, was retired from its mission by crash landing into the comet.

Post: #41

(09-30-2016 03:39 PM)Alpha_Romeo Wrote:  ^That's the lander. The probe, which was in orbit around the comet, was retired from its mission by crash landing into the comet.

You're right, I stand corrected, that's Philae.

For some reason it linked that picture, apparently there's one last image Rosetta took before impact.

Post: #42

Great quote here.

Quote:European Space Agency project scientist Matt Taylor said that even if Rosetta was sent to sleep with the intention of waking it up again when 67P next visited the brighter environs of the inner Solar System - there was no guarantee the technology would still be working properly.

"It's like one of those 60s rock bands; we don't want to have a rubbish comeback tour. We'd rather go out now in true rock'n'roll style," he said just before the impact.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37520420

Post: #43

Great quote here.

Quote:European Space Agency project scientist Matt Taylor said that even if Rosetta was sent to sleep with the intention of waking it up again when 67P next visited the brighter environs of the inner Solar System - there was no guarantee the technology would still be working properly.

"It's like one of those 60s rock bands; we don't want to have a rubbish comeback tour. We'd rather go out now in true rock'n'roll style," he said just before the impact.

Note: That's the same guy that armchair critics and other losers who haven't done anything profound or productive with their lives lost their shit over for his choice of attire.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37520420