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Where is Philae? When will it wake up?
- swamp40 12y agoUnfortunately, it looks like Philae is destined to become the poster child for the continued use of radioisotope thermal generators (RTG's) in spacecraft (especially landers).
- DanAndersen 12y agoCould you provide some additional reasoning about why that would be unfortunate?
- swamp40 12y agoBecause if someone had asked "What if it lands in the shade?" before it actually landed in the shade, maybe this could have been prevented.
- jhwhite 12y agoFor some reason the term "do science" cracks me up.