MAKIN HISTORY: COMET LANDING DAY

[nanila]

Y'ALL WE DID IT

WE LANDED A TINY HUNK OF METAL ON A SMALL SNOWY DIRTYBALL HURTLING THROUGH SPACE AT THOUSANDS OF MILES PER HOUR

OMG TODAY IS FREAKIN EPIC

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[sfred]

EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

[nanila]

IS AMAZING YEP

[sorrillia]

Congratulations!

[nanila]

\o/ It's a good day for the lab!

[clanwilliam]

HURRAY!!!!!

(I've been thinking of you all day, and was pleased to see Dave C quoted by the Guardian as well.)

[nanila]

YIPPEEE!

I missed Dave's Guardian quote - there's been so much media coverage (very pleasing).

[redsixwing]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I saw an article that it had been dropped, but not that it had landed. A. Ma. Zing.

[nanila]

The whole procedure was pretty agonizingly slow, given that first GO/NOGO for separation was at 19:30 yesterday. Everyone's a bit knackered now...

[forthwritten]

CONGRATULATIONS!!

[nanila]

YAAAAAAY! It's been a good day. Very tired now though.

[duccio]

I've been watching. Congratulations y'all.

[nanila]

This is one of the fantastic things about it - the participatory feeling that coverage through various forms of social media has given so many people, not to mention the livestreaming. :)

[weaverbird]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Tears and goose-bumps as I read my Twitter feed. What an accomplishment; there are no words!

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND EVERYONE WORKING ON THIS MISSION!!!!!

[nanila]

YAAAY! Thank you! The day has been pretty epic given that the process started yesterday evening with the first GO/NOGO. :D

[ceb]

So, so amazing! :-D

[nanila]

It is! And being able to livestream it - IZ FUTURE WE ARE LIVING IT.

[quoththeravyn]

|O?

which is the caps-lock version of \o/

Seriously cool stuff. Looking forward to further info.

[nanila]

I think it's \O/! (which looks same except with a bigger head :P)

The PR machine has shut down for the day, although (as I'm sure you know) there's plenty of work still going on.

[liv]

AMAAAAAAAAAZING! What a fantastically cool thing to be involved with!

[nanila]

It's an exciting day for space science and engineering, yes yes!

[kaberett]

I AM SO FUCKING DELIGHTED BY ALL OF THIS I HAVE BEEN GRINNING ALL ALONG

[nanila]

:D :D :D O FRABJOUS DAY

[hilarita]

IT'S AMAZING. WE WATCHED THE FEED FROM ESA AT CAMBRIDGE! HOPEFULLY IT CAN STICK DOWN AND DO SCIENCE! SCIENCE!!!!!

[nanila]

HARPOONS, HARPOONS, THEY MUST (PROBABLY) BE RE-FIRED, WE SHALL SEEEEE

The livestreaming is amazing, isn't it? And I love how all the chatter on social media networks made it possible for so many people to participate in the excitement.

[major_clanger]

I'm about to show my age and say OMG this reminds me of when Viking landed on Mars!

[nanila]

:D That's a pretty awesome comparison to be able to make! \o/

[hano]

Just an amazing thing to pull off. It's a hell of a piece of engineering. Wow.

[nanila]

Autonomous landing on a weirdly-shaped rotating object 500 million km away...yeah, it's possibly a little impressive!

[davidgillon]

Good job!

[nanila]

\o/ It's been a satisfying day!

[lurkingcat]

WHEEEE!

CONGRATULATIONS!

So very amazing :)

[nanila]

YAAAAY!

Thank you! :D

[qian]

Congratulations!!!

[nanila]

Wheeee! Thank you!

[uninvitedcat]

FABULOUS!!!

[nanila]

YESSSS! The next few days will also be very interesting and exciting, if not as much of a media circus. :P

[kerrypolka]

LIKE!

[nanila]

LIKE VERY MUCH!

[nadriel]

I can't think of anything else to say but, "Congratulations!"

[nanila]

It is rather good news, isn't it?

[gorgeousnerd]

EFF YEAH. Congrats!!!

[nanila]

YESSSS. Thanks!

[silveradept]

Whoo! May you obtain perfect samples with data that make scientists run experiments for decades!

[nanila]

It's my understanding that at least some of the instruments have returned very good data already. :)

[azurelunatic]

YAAAAAAAY!!!! A lot of the people who I get active notifications from Twitter for were tweeting and retweeting, so every time my wrist buzzed this morning it filled me with awe, wonder, and delight.

[nanila]

:D That's excellent. A good way to start the day!

[sunflowerinrain]

It was wonderful to follow it. I didn't even mind that I could only follow via Twitter because the livestream keeled over - it meant that too many people were interested for the 'netz to cope with the deluge!

Well done to everyone involved, and hugs for nanila :)

[nanila]

I love how social media networking has allowed so many people to participate in the excitement of it. :)

Hugs back!

[calissa]

I was asleep when it happened, but it was so awesome to see it all over Twitter and the news. Such an amazing achievement!

[nanila]

Yes! Despite ending up in an unplanned location, it should still be able to deliver some great results.