Philae's phinal phling: Germans made weekend spin-up attempt

If this didn't work, the plucky lander is days away from bricking

Deutsches Zentrum fi1/4r Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V, better known as the German Aeropsace Center (DLR) yesterday made what it says is probably its all-but final attempt to wake the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko."