Rosetta again

[ffutures]

The XKCD Rosetta thing speeded up a little:

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I love it!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's pretty good - his other space probe cartoons have been fun too.

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

That's great! I'm glad to see that in the status report panel "US scientists" was eventually replaced by "scientists". He's usually so well-informed that surely he can't have initially assumed that this was a NASA mission?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I was a bit puzzled by that bit too. At least it wasn't the President asking about blowing up the comet...

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

That's weirdly beautiful and touching. One of the nicest things I've seen in ages.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

The Spirit one is lovely too

http://xkcd.com/695/

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. That is absolutely charming too.

These are so good the space agencies should think about using them officially.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure they want people anthropomorphising their machinery - might be problematic if e.g. a probe died or something.