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>I'll definitely keep both windows open, but it sure seems like the ESA site might be quicker on updates for live events!

This is so hilarious. For up to the minute information, it's a toss-up between the European Space Agency's live stream on the probe it's landing on a comet, and... a hand-drawn web comic about it.

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ESA's PR is not very good. They have mostly talking heads while Randall Munroe actually provides a good overview on what's happening now and what's going to happen next.

When humanity landed on Titan (which is a mind boggling achievement), the pictures couldn't be shown right away because they had to have some politician talking some platitudes first.

NASA does it infinitely better.

Not only 'infinitely' but presumably a 'quantum leap' better?

light years ahead...

I actually liked that they interviewed the actual people who had done stuff with it. I just wished there was a bit more context graphics.

The absurdity of that statement became clear to me almost immediately after I typed it.. but then again, the XKCD updates ended up occurring exactly on schedule so maybe it wasn't so absurd after all!

Does anyone know if Randal is "Live Animating" this event or does he just know enough about the landing procedure to draw it all out ahead of time?

The comic references the problems with the cold gas thrusters, so it is not all pre-drawn.

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