Quote Originally Posted by Luigi
Philae comet lander wakes up
Wow, I checked on Philae just 2 hours ago and the message was not out at that time.
I know from people connected to the program that they still have hope but that hope was slowly dwindling. The failure of landing and working as planned may be a blessing in disguise after all. Philae active so much nearer to the sun may give better data than had been hoped for. If it had worked as planned it would be long dead by now due to increasing heat from the sun. So much covered from the sun may get philae through the closest approach to the sun (aphelion).

Let's hope it can work for a long time and the scientific instruments are still working nominally.