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NASA's Deep Impact

Posted by timothy on from the metric-bathtub-or-imperial dept.

NivenMK1 writes "The Seattle Times has an interesting article on NASA's plan to nail the comet Tempel 1 with a chunk of copper the size of a bathtub on July 4 this year. This copper 'bullet' is intended to strike the comet at approximately 23,000 mph and hit with a force equivalent to 4.7 tons of TNT. Scientists hope to discover what exactly the comet is made of and what changes have occurred to the outer layers with reference to the core."

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  1. Re:I don't know about you... by Councilor+Hart · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    You are an american, aren't you?
    Destroying an entire building filled with a few hundred people in it, while actually you only want to take out one guy.

    Oh, and stop asking us to do your dirty work.

  2. Re:Oops by FatherOfONe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow John Kerry is now posting on Slashdot!

    Sorry you lost John, but I thought it was funny you are now blaming Fox news and the OBL tape on your loss.

    Well seeing that you have a lot more time on your hands now, perhaps we will see more of your post on Slashdot :-)

    Oh yeah please give my simpathy to Dan Rather, he did everything he could to get you elected and it cost him his job.

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  3. Re:Who Cares? by PeelBoy · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Get fucking real.

    Have you taken a look at the rest of the world lately?

  4. Re:I don't know about you... by Tuna_Shooter · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What a retarded thing to say. Can you say sore loser. ?

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  5. NASA's luck. by Hobadee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    With NASA's luck, 1 of 2 things will happen:
    1. It will hit the comet but they will have done the calculations wrong (because they forgot to convert centimeters to inches) and it will re-direct the comet on a collision course with the Earth.

    2. They will hit the comet, but at the moment it hits and they are supposed to be observing it, they will see a hot girl changing in the house next to the observatory and aim thier telescopes there.

    Alright mods, do your worst!

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