The Latest on Rosetta

After ten years, Rosetta finally caught up with its target - comet.  Upon arrival, the ESA reported that finding a landing site for its rover, Philae,  was proving difficult because of its irregular shape.  Now, after orbiting for ten days and trying to find the optimal landing site, Philae has finally chosen  the "J" landing site.

Potential landing spots for Philae - courtesy of New Scientist
http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/54643-j-marks-the-spot-for-rosettas-lander/

The only comparison I can draw is when my friend drove up from Windsor on a four hour trek to get to Pacific Mall only to spend an additional 25 minutes trying to get a parking spot.  Even that proportional comparison is off by almost four orders of magnitude.

Things are getting exciting as the comet seems to be releasing the building blocks of life - water, methane, methanol, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.  Anyways, here's a closer look at the landing spot and Rosetta's measurements of the comet, courtesy of ESA's very own Rosetta page.