Comments on: Engineers have until Saturday to reposition Philae before its batteries go dead https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-have-until-saturday-to-reposition-philae-before-its-batteries-go-dead/ Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: BSJ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-have-until-saturday-to-reposition-philae-before-its-batteries-go-dead/#comment-628253 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:56:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=31756#comment-628253 Why do they keep saying it landed more than once? It hit the comet twice and then stopped!

If you saw an air plane come in for a landing and it bounced a couple times before settling, would anyone say it landed three times?

]]> By: pennred https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/engineers-have-until-saturday-to-reposition-philae-before-its-batteries-go-dead/#comment-625192 Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:16:40 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=31756#comment-625192 Hi Bob,
here is info about what happened in situation when battery on comet lander run out.
http://new.livestream.com/esa/cometlanding
news conference from 13 November about at 60 min mark. They explain what happened in case of battery on run out and after hibernation mode after month or so.

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