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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:How do instruments survive the crash?? by grub · · Score: 5, Informative


    That's all mentioned in the article, which I'm sure you read but forgot. A TV sized unit will seperate a day earlier and go smack into the "big rock". The other craft will monitor from a safe distance.

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  2. Intentional? by StevenHenderson · · Score: 5, Funny
    For the first time, NASA is setting off on a collision course with a comet

    Good to see that for once a crash-course is intentional for NASA. Mayhap they have found their niche... :)

  3. I was just thinking... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The goal is to blast a big hole in the comet and check out what's preserved inside.

    Is that what has happened to the goatse-guy?

  4. future news by Norgus · · Score: 5, Funny
    "nasa accidentally redirects comet, now headed for earth"

    Doh!

  5. Re:As always ..... by Halthar · · Score: 5, Funny

    It means the rocket blue screened and rebooted inself into safe mode. Unfortunately as a result of this it's only going to send back images at 640x480.

  6. Childish, I know . . . by Raccroc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Deep Impact - $330 millon dollars and it looks like a vibrator...Where the fuck are the jokes?