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Deep Impact Blasts Off For Comet Tempel 1

Posted by timothy on from the this-tempel-is-a-body dept.

Wynken de Word writes "NASA's Deep Impact, a copper-fortified, comet-busting spacecraft, was launched Wednesday afternoon. 'NASA had a single second - at precisely eight seconds past 1:47 p.m. - to send Deep Impact on a 431-million-kilometre, six-month voyage to Comet Tempel 1.' The goal is to blast a big hole in the comet and check out what's preserved inside. Also see the Deep Impact site."

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  1. Re:Damn by colonslashslash · · Score: 0, Troll
    ..Hopefully filming a decent movie! ;)

    Haha, yeah right! If only my mod points hadn't just expired, you'd get +1 fucking hilarious. ;)

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  2. Decent movie might be Die Hard 4 by Man+in+Spandex · · Score: 0, Troll

    Check it out. With some luck, this could be a movie that might give us faith again into those action movies where everything is all over the place.

  3. Yes, they have something in common... by johannesg · · Score: 0, Troll

    Earth and that comet are both places where humanity is invading, waging war, and making a total nuisance of itself...