From Red to Blue (Microgravity)

I feel pretty bad about Philae’s current predicament. Robot was meant to 

find energy from solar panels, and now it is impossible. Back in the day, 

people were arguing that renewables, including solar, were the way to go. 

Even here in Canada,where winters are dark, the sun weak, and there is still 

no way to store what solar energy there is. It was a rallying cry, a form of faith in the future, 

and a resolve to live lean and mean. Now poor Philae is paying the price of that stubborn
arrogance.

Science is a real prison sometimes.l Scientists on the Tchouri

mission said they were quite surprised: the surface has both dune-like and jagged features 
and the interior has been described as porous. I would propose there were no surprises at all: 
this was one of the first things they found.1978 was surprised. The assumptions under which the
project was put together are behind us. The people here and now would not put a mission 
together on this same model. One needs a plan B; or at least an conceptual framework B. They

used to write science fiction stories about aliens in those days.

I’m not shifting blame here: the composition of the comet is part of what is being

investigated, and we are having trouble taking measures because of what the 

composition of the comet actually is. All part of the game, the problem is the answer.

Still, like all of us following this saga, I’m rooting for the team. And feeling helpless...

For what it's worth, my advice would be, get some rest. This project needs focused

people. Like MIT is currently telling its football players, Don't think, play!!