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On 6/1/15 6:36 AM, Greg (Strider) Moore wrote :
"David Spain" wrote in message ...

On 5/31/2015 9:06 AM, Alain Fournier wrote:

When contact was lost with the Philae lander in November some were
hoping that contact a new contact could be made when it would get closer
to the Sun. That doesn't seem to have happened. Does anyone know if all
hope is lost or what? When can we definitely write off Philae?


Alain Fournier


I'm not a betting man, but I'd say the odds are in favor of a
write-off at this point.

Dave


Unfortunately, I have to agree. It was a great attempt that got hit by
a really random bit of bad luck.


Good news this morning. I agreed with you both but was still hoping.

The Philae lander does appear to be powered up again (just saw a Tweet
about it this morning). Hopefully they'll get some additional science
out of it! :-)

Jeff
--
"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer