davidwort 0 Posted November 13, 2014 (edited) Next door to my office is the Science faculty building of the Open University where a number of academics and researchers have been working for years on projects like Philae/Rosetta and Beagle2, there's a really good display of meteorite parts, lander models and so on I thought someone might be interested to see, half scale this model we think apologies for our ugly mugs in the picture Rosetta Philae lander half scale by David0011, on Flickr one of the failed anchoring harpoons: Rosetta Philae lander half scale by David0011, on Flickr Edited November 17, 2014 by davidwort Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanl82 23 Posted November 13, 2014 Bloody hell, I thought that was Steven Hawkins! Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted November 13, 2014 David, I've never met you but I'm kinda hoping you're the guy on the right......! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clumpy1 11 Posted November 13, 2014 David, I've never met you but I'm kinda hoping you're the guy on the right......! Lol just what I was thinking Mark Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted November 14, 2014 :lol: yep, you can check in my forum profile if you don't believe me! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 Posted November 14, 2014 Lol just what I was thinking Mark Ha, could've been embarrassing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Portent 0 Posted November 17, 2014 Bloody hell, I thought that was Steven Hawkins! Lol What, standing up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted November 17, 2014 I think I'm going to have to heavily edit and lock this thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted November 17, 2014 Nah, keep it going! Let the banter and inevitable 'Rocket scientist' nerd jokes / references commence :lol: It is true though, people of a certain profession always do live up to their stereotypes! I'm shocked and appalled it's taken them this long to get a bunch of metal poles and a box onto Mars, though. What the hell have they been doing for all these years?!? Only kidding! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roger Chatfield 0 Posted November 17, 2014 I'm shocked and appalled it's taken them this long to get a bunch of metal poles and a box onto Mars Good try Kev... ;) Can't believe a 1 billion dollar project is held together with cable ties... I mean what's wrong with duct tape FFS.... Rog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davidwort 0 Posted November 17, 2014 And the one bit of the lander that broke... This sensor package from the German space agency's Institute for Planetary Research deployed a thermometer on the end of a hammer. It retrieved a number of temperature profiles but broke as it tried to burrow its way into the comet's subsurface. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
