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Rosetta flyby of Asteroid Steins, 5th September 2008
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post Sep 5 2008, 10:58 PM
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Definitely looking forward to some images ^_^

I'm not very good with working out time zones, I get confused and frustrated really easily... =( How long from now is the press conference supposed to occur?


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post Sep 5 2008, 11:43 PM
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Hungry4info: Here's my favorite Web resource for figuring out what time something is: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock The ESA Web briefing starts at 11:55 CEST. Here's a page with that time converted to all sorts of other time zones.

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post Sep 5 2008, 11:57 PM
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QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Sep 5 2008, 05:43 PM) *
Hungry4info: Here's my favorite Web resource for figuring out what time something is: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock The ESA Web briefing starts at 11:55 CEST. Here's a page with that time converted to all sorts of other time zones.

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Oh, wow, that was much more comprehensible than the other sites I found. Thank-you for the link ^_^. It'll be ~5 AM for me when it comes on... going to pull an all-nighter wink.gif.


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post Sep 6 2008, 12:28 AM
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Sure I might as well.

Now taking bets on the object that it can best be compared to. I am leaning toward armadillo.


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post Sep 6 2008, 01:01 AM
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post Sep 6 2008, 02:11 AM
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QUOTE (volcanopele @ Sep 5 2008, 05:28 PM) *
I am leaning toward armadillo.


I'll bite. I'll guess: Guinea pig.

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post Sep 6 2008, 02:28 AM
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Potato. Definitely potato.

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post Sep 6 2008, 02:56 AM
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I'll say a yam.


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post Sep 6 2008, 03:38 AM
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since all the obvious ones are taken, Snoopy!


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post Sep 6 2008, 04:03 AM
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It's incredible!Flight Director Paolo Ferri, speaking in the Rosetta control room a few moments ago:"It's not a spacecraft, it's a rock. It's solid like a rock - it's incredible!"

Wait... is he talking about Steins or Rosetta??!?!?

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The Rosetta team are expecting the next data download opportunity via NASA Goldstone starting at about 01:00 CEST, 6 Sep. Image and science data will start arriving about 02:00, and the science teams will work through to process the results. We'll log off now and plan to be back on for blog & web coverage starting at about 08:00 CEST, 6 September.


Patience, people!


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post Sep 6 2008, 04:39 AM
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QUOTE (vjkane @ Sep 5 2008, 09:38 PM) *
since all the obvious ones are taken, Snoopy!


I suppose I'll guess a fractal pattern, lol.

QUOTE ("lyford")
Wait... is he talking about Steins or Rosetta??!?!?

Yeah that's what I was thinking, too. Certainly is a confusing statement. Perhaps it's a joke? Sort of like a "Oh by the way, Steins isn't an alien mothership"?


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post Sep 6 2008, 05:43 AM
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Okay...I'm gonna go with "fat-hockey-puck-looking-thingy-with-a-couple-of-chips-knocked-out-of-it".

More specific than that I cannot be.


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post Sep 6 2008, 06:43 AM
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QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Sep 6 2008, 01:57 AM) *
Oh, wow, that was much more comprehensible than the other sites I found. Thank-you for the link ^_^. It'll be ~5 AM for me when it comes on... going to pull an all-nighter wink.gif.

On top of all different time zone there is this "am" "pm" that we do not use in most of EU countries :it's 1 to 24 and that's it.
BTW, what about sols on Mars?


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post Sep 6 2008, 07:39 AM
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Dear Ted...you MUST admit that things are changing for better... wink.gif

I didn't found Paolo Ferri's statement confusing...Rosetta's the rock...solid as a rock...

And now...exclusive for UMSF!...the first Steins image ever seen outside ESA's realm!
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From here...


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post Sep 6 2008, 07:42 AM
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GO USTRAX!!!! smile.gif

Of course, it's the Rosetta STONE....


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