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Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD

1 posted on 11/04/2010 12:26:08 PM PDT by cabojoe
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To: cabojoe

Definitely Klingon...


2 posted on 11/04/2010 12:29:11 PM PDT by ken5050 (I don't need sex.....the government screws me every day..)
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To: SunkenCiv

Glowing-Sweet-Potato-In-Space PING


3 posted on 11/04/2010 12:30:03 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: cabojoe

Cool propulsion system! Warp drive?


5 posted on 11/04/2010 12:31:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: cabojoe

Awesome!


6 posted on 11/04/2010 12:31:47 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: KevinDavis

Ping.


8 posted on 11/04/2010 12:34:13 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: cabojoe

Hubbel's Hi-res camera has an even finer resolution image...............

12 posted on 11/04/2010 12:43:41 PM PDT by Red Badger (WOULD SOMEBODY PLEASE GIVE MEGHAN MCCAIN A BOX OF KRISPY KREMES SO SHE'LL SHUT THE HELL UP?!)
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To: cabojoe

That is super cool.

I blew the images up to get a good look and can’t really interpret what I see. The bulbous ends are quite rough and the center section relatively smoother as if worn down by rotational abrasion.

Then there is the lit up end. I think the tail precedes the comet, but when I see it I can’t make any sense out of that.


14 posted on 11/04/2010 12:47:53 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming)
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To: cabojoe

Way cool


15 posted on 11/04/2010 12:49:28 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: cabojoe
It's not just the peanut shape that's unexpected, but this thing is rapidly tumbling end-over-end as it speeds along at around 27K mph...
16 posted on 11/04/2010 12:54:07 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: cabojoe

The mission is the EPOXI mission.

It is a low cost mission that uses the already in-flight Deep Impact spacecraft


17 posted on 11/04/2010 12:54:23 PM PDT by kidd
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To: cabojoe
And suddenly, the probe went dark...


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

21 posted on 11/04/2010 12:58:23 PM PDT by The Comedian (I really missed you. Next time, I'll adjust for windage.)
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To: cabojoe

It’s a walrus.


22 posted on 11/04/2010 1:00:23 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: cabojoe

Ok. I take that back.

The top picture is a walrus.

Second picture is a seal.

Third picture is a dolphin.


23 posted on 11/04/2010 1:01:26 PM PDT by Bigh4u2 (Denial is the first requirement to be a liberal)
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To: KevinDavis; SunkenCiv
What do yo make of that smooth band in the middle. The result of some kind of collision?
24 posted on 11/04/2010 1:05:09 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: cabojoe

You say there's another Hartley out there and he's in outer space? When can you come in for a session . . . .

25 posted on 11/04/2010 1:07:40 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: cabojoe
Very cool. You can model your own deep impact event using Purdue University's

Impact Calculator

28 posted on 11/04/2010 2:18:22 PM PDT by Godebert
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To: cabojoe

Brachiosaurus leg bone in space!

32 posted on 11/04/2010 4:32:25 PM PDT by r9etb
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