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Don't Forget Deep Impact this July 4th...

JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
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[URL=http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/050615_deepimpact_tech.html]Tempel 1[/URL]

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  • ShadowDancerShadowDancer When I say, "Why aye, gadgie," in my heart I say, "Och aye, laddie." London, UK
    i'm really looking forward to this, its going to be a very interesting encounter!
  • AkrovahAkrovah Ranger
    Thats sounds like it could be interesting, but I must ask what the point of slamming a ball of copper into an asteroid has? The atricile did not give any indication of what they were looking for or trying to accomplish.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    You mean you haven't heard about this mission?

    Firstly, it's a comet, not an asteroid.
    Secondly, the point is to create a crater on the comet (or possibly break it even more) so that they can then look inside. Comets are thought to be left over from the formation of the solar system, so seeing what has been frozen inside is going to be quite interesting.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Aye, this is one to keep a watch on.
  • AkrovahAkrovah Ranger
    Sounds pretty cool.

    And no I haven't heard of most of the things NASA has been doing. Don't really keep up on it very much.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Pretty animation from the same guy who did the excellent Mars Rover one:

    [url]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/multimedia/di-animation.html[/url]
  • The Cabl3 GuyThe Cabl3 Guy Elite Ranger
    think they tried it before no?
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Not that I'm aware of. You may be thinking of the asteroid-orbiting probe that ended its mission by landing on the asteroid it had been orbiting.
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