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Deep Space 1 Completes Comet Fly-by

Posted by michael on from the license-and-registration-please dept.

Saint Aardvark writes: "All right...Space.com is reporting here that NASA's Deep Space 1 probe successfully made it through Comet Borrelly -- pretty good for a spacecraft using up the last of its fuel, 'way past its expected lifetime, doing something it wasn't designed to do'. About 30 pix are being downloaded right now, and there's a press conference planned for Tuesday. In the meantime, read NASA's press release here. Way to go, DS-1 and NASA!"

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  1. Re:CONTOUR & movie by Comrade+Pikachu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sorry, CONTOUR is too similar to "kontour" (formerly Killustrator). Perhaps NASA should have a little more respect for intellectual property rights!

  2. It's all a conspriacy, man! by bullitB · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, since we can't attack Afghanistan in through normal methods (http://slashdot.org/articles/01/09/22/228250.shtm l), I bet NASA's trying to use Deep Space 1 to direct the comet towards Afghanistan! Think about it...it would take out all those pesky caves....

  3. Re:Anonymous Coward, cretin, dead at 12 by TentacleMastah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Iä. That was fun...

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