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back to article Looking GOOD, probot. Philae good, humans: 'Yes ... YES! The lander is sitting on the ground'

This was the week when a bunch of European space boffins made history by successfully landing a man-made object on a speeding, icy comet, after a few dramatic, bouncy bumps along the way. The Register's space vulture Brid-Aine Parnell witnessed the tense affair unfold at the European Space Agency's ops complex in Darmstadt, …

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  1. Annihilator
    Coffee/keyboard

    Radio 4 presenter asked one of the scientists following the announcement that Philae wasn't capturing as much solar energy as hoped:

    "So, how are you coping having a probe where the sun don't shine?"

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  2. TheFinn

    Woo! 80s references!

    Seen enough comet stuff now. Trading Places quotes are where the future's at!

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  3. Oninoshiko
    Trollface

    I agree there should be no toll roads

    on the information superhighway, so when is my ISP going to stop charging me?

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