Comments on: An Update from Rosetta

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:00:51 +0000

In reply to Thomas Sutcliffe. The European Space Agency are really good at explaining what's going on in their videos. They do a series on their Very Large Telescope too, which is both fascinating and beautiful.

By: Thomas Sutcliffe

Thomas Sutcliffe — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 07:21:55 +0000

Very interesting video.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 05:04:57 +0000

In reply to rickflick. Thanks Rick. It blows my mind every time I remember how they did this.

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 05:02:54 +0000

In reply to Mark R.. Very cool comment Mark. You just made me feel better about it all too. :-)

By: rickflick

rickflick — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 04:49:50 +0000

Thanks for flagging this Heather. It’s one of the most amazing space stories ever.

By: Mark R.

Mark R. — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 03:02:27 +0000

Thanks Heather, this is a nice respite from the non-stop coverage of Paris (not to say Paris shouldn’t be top-news) but this makes me ponder the universe and escape our sordid human idiocy. I think of two comets from different parts of space coming together and merging into the rubber duck. 🙂

It is a metaphor for what we humans need to do to survive this existence: come together from insane distances, morph with unresolved hows, and simply exist and round this corner of space without bothering/hurting things or each other. And then learn more.