# Anyone else excited about this Rosetta comet probe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411 "2014-11-12T03:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/161 "2015-06-14T19:34:30Z")
Extraordinarily good news. I can’t wait to see some of the data coming back. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/162 "2015-06-14T20:38:12Z")
[It’s alive, it’s alive!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=1qNeGSJaQ9Q#t=138) ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/163 "2015-06-16T14:32:10Z")
> **[Philae comet probe wakes up dying for a piss and with a mild erection](https://newsthump.com/2015/06/15/philae-comet-probe-wakes-up-dying-for-a-piss-and-with-a-mild-erection/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork)** > > The European Space Agency has reported that the Philae comet lander has woken up with an urgent needed to go to the bathroom and was in a mild state of sexual arousal. Snigger ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/164 "2015-07-06T22:03:15Z")
This is pretty intriguing : > **[Scientists Find Evidence Of Life On Philae Comet](https://www.ex-christian.net/topic/68501-scientists-find-evidence-of-life-on-philae-comet/#.VZr69htVhHw)** > > Evidence of alien life is "unequivocal" on the comet carrying the Philae probe through space, two leading astronomers have said. The experts say the most likely explanation for certain features of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, such as its... ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/165 "2015-07-06T22:16:00Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > This is pretty intriguing : > > [Scientists Find Evidence Of Life On Philae Comet - Science vs. Religion - Ex-Christian.Net](http://www.ex-christian.net/topic/68501-scientists-find-evidence-of-life-on-philae-comet/#.VZr69htVhHw) [Debunked here.](http://io9.com/what-other-scientists-are-saying-about-todays-life-on-1716022562) ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/166 "2015-07-06T22:27:32Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > [Debunked here.](http://io9.com/what-other-scientists-are-saying-about-todays-life-on-1716022562) Okay, good to know! Still fascinating, of course… ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/167 "2015-07-06T22:43:46Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > [Debunked here.](http://io9.com/what-other-scientists-are-saying-about-todays-life-on-1716022562) Okay, good to know! Still fascinating, of course… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411/168 "2015-07-23T04:27:32Z")
> **[Rosetta and Philae status update – Rosetta – ESA's comet chaser](https://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/07/20/rosetta-and-philae-status-update/)** > > Follow ESA's mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko > [@](#): > > Over the last few weeks, Rosetta has been flying along the terminator plane of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, at distances from 180 km down to 153 km and at latitudes between 0 and 54 degrees, in order to find the best location to communicate with Philae. > > However, over the weekend of 10–11 July, the star trackers again struggled to lock on to stars at the closer distances thanks to confusion due to dust particles in the comet’s increasingly-active environment. Because safety of the spacecraft is the first priority, it is therefore being moved back to safer distances of 170–190 km. > > No contact has been made with Philae since Thursday 9 July. The data acquired at that time are being investigated by the lander team to try to better understand Philae’s situation. > […](http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/2015/07/20/rosetta-and-philae-status-update/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-excited-about-this-rosetta-comet-probe/704411.md?page=8)