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A long shot: NASA tries to hit, photograph comet
Houston Chronicle ^
| June 26, 2005
| MARK CARREAU
Posted on 06/26/2005 12:27:21 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
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06/26/2005 12:37:18 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
My name is actually on board that spacecraft, and will be scattered all over Comet Temple I upon impact.
Very cool event.
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06/26/2005 12:47:02 AM PDT
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ChadGore
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To: Black Tooth
"DONATE TO FREE REPUBLIC!"
To: ChadGore
You got it. Of course I allowed them to use my real name.
To: ChadGore
It's a real high wire act.
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Now, wouldn't it be ironic if the hit deflected the comet (or a piece of it) into a collision course with Earth?
I would imagine they've considered this.
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posted on
06/26/2005 2:14:07 AM PDT
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D-fendr
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Here's the website for those that wish to bookmark for the next two or three weeks..
NASA - Deep Impact
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posted on
06/26/2005 2:43:22 AM PDT
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Drammach
(Freedom; not just a job, it's an adventure..)
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To: D-fendr
To: Cincinatus' Wife
It's amazing how they arranged this for the Fourth of July. Take that anti-Americans!! Bwahahaha!
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posted on
06/26/2005 5:29:17 AM PDT
by
Jabba the Nutt
(Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Since, as they state in the article, the Earth's water may have come from comets, I wonder whether small engines placed on very large comets could steer them into Mars as a first step in terraforming that planet?
Normal, modern human beings need someplace to go to get away from the Neanderthalic Muslims.
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posted on
06/26/2005 5:41:47 AM PDT
by
DoctorMichael
(The Fourth-Estate is a Fifth-Column!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Since I can't live 200 years in the future, this isn't a bad time to be alive.
Thanks go out to all you smart folks that keep me in awe.
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posted on
06/26/2005 5:59:38 AM PDT
by
Flyer
(Nuthin' finer than a grackle crap marinade for fixin' those word famous Houston face fajitas)
To: Black Tooth
That's just like hitting a baseball through a neighbor's window and your name's on the ball. Aren't you afraid the aliens will come looking for you after you destroy their comet? I'd be. Welcome to FR.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
Scientists think the impact could make Tempel 1 glow brightly enough to be visible to naked-eye observers in the days that follow the collision. I certainly hope so. This is much better than the very expensive "make work" manned missions.
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06/26/2005 6:12:43 AM PDT
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Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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06/26/2005 8:37:35 AM PDT
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pax_et_bonum
(Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
To: Black Tooth
Black Tooth isn't your real name????
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06/26/2005 8:38:34 AM PDT
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null and void
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