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“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” - Mahatma Gandhi Let's hope it will wake up and be reborn. The cha
by ThePhysicist 12y ago
“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Let's hope it will wake up and be reborn.
The chances for this seem not that bad, since the comet will heat up considerably as it approaches the sun, which will make it unnecessary to preheat the interior of Philae before starting to charge the batteries, while at the same time increasing the solar power reaching the panels (due to the sun being closer), so the lander might actually generate enough power to recharge the batteries and come alive again. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
- raverbashing 12y agoThey also managed to rotate the lander so it gets more sunlight
- ThePhysicist 12y agoYeah right, let's hope this helps as well! Of course there's the possibility that the panels will get more sunlight as the angle of the comet's rotation axis changes respective to the sun.
- maaku 12y agoThat's one of the most scary quotes ever. Way to write a horror story in 2 sentences.
- blrgeek 12y agoIf you've never thought about sleep that way, you should be scared! How do you know the person who woke up this morning is the same person who went to sleep last night?
- bronson 12y agoHow do you know the person who clicked the "Reply" button is the same person who wrote those words?
- maaku 12y agoI've actually already been scared by it, investigated it, and dismissed it (you can't remember sleeping because you're not forming memories, not because you cease to exist). But it was interesting to see the idea phrased so succinctly.