# Cool xkcd comic about the comet 67P landing. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452 "2014-11-12T15:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/1 "2014-11-12T15:32:55Z")
The [comic](http://xkcd.com/1446/) depicts the rendezvous of the Philae lander from the Rosetta probe with comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, unfolding in real time and updating on the xkcd site every five or so minutes. [Here’s a flip book](http://xkcd1446.org/) of all of them. ETA: it can be slow loading. Be patient! Server overload, I imagine. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/2 "2014-11-12T15:38:25Z")
Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom? Seriously, it’s amazing the things Man has done just in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/3 "2014-11-12T16:09:33Z")
Hey, it’s a long, long, looooong way away…give it time 🙂 And it appears to have successfully touched town just a few minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/4 "2014-11-12T16:10:44Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > Hey, it’s a long, long, looooong way away…give it time 🙂 > > And it appears to have successfully touched town just a few minutes ago. Yep. It’s a bit of a tense wait until we hear something official. Darn speed of light! Too slow! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/5 "2014-11-12T16:13:17Z")
Confirmed! Philae is landed! ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/6 "2014-11-12T17:16:43Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MAW2lygZC_4/hqdefault.jpg "SPAAAAAACE! - Portal 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAW2lygZC_4) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/7 "2014-11-12T18:12:44Z")
SPAAAAACCCEEEE!! I do love the imagined banter between the probe and lander in the comic, as well as the imagined states of mind for the scientists and whales. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/8 "2014-11-12T22:37:33Z")
Has anyone tried this before? Nope. YAY! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/9 "2014-11-12T22:50:20Z")
Did something happen with the harpoons? ‘Do harpoons work on comets?’ updated from ‘yes’ to ‘don’t know’ a couple iterations of the comic ago… ---
**Author:** ![AHarris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bcef8e/32.png) [@AHarris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHarris)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-xkcd-comic-about-the-comet-67p-landing/704452/10 "2014-11-12T23:57:06Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Did something happen with the harpoons? ‘Do harpoons work on comets?’ updated from ‘yes’ to ‘don’t know’ a couple iterations of the comic ago… They failed to deploy properly: [http://www.geek.com/science/esas-philae-lander-successfully-touches-down-on-a-comet-but-harpoons-have-failed-1609299/](http://www.geek.com/science/esas-philae-lander-successfully-touches-down-on-a-comet-but-harpoons-have-failed-1609299/)