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One Last mission For Deep Space 1

Posted by timothy on Monday September 10, 2001 @08:11PM from the do-it-for-the-gipper dept.

Vertigo01 writes: "Looks like NASA has found a fitting end for Deep Space 1, they're going to fly her THROUGH the coma of a comet to try and take some pictures of the comet's core ... the kicker is that they're doing it with barely any fuel left, and a kludged-together science-camera to replace the toasted navigation system ... kind of a fitting end for her IMO."

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Re:Metric vs Imperial by AndroidCat · 2001-09-11 11:32 · Score: 1, Offtopic

And why wasn't the parent of my post modded offtopic as well??

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Re:Metric vs Imperial by Dwonis · 2001-09-11 16:32 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Because it wasn't offtopic (neither was yours, though...)