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Deep Impact Spacecraft Ready for Mission
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| July 1, 2005
| Alicia Chang
Posted on 07/01/2005 6:12:43 PM PDT by Righty_McRight
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Rick Grammier, 2nd from left, project manager, speaks at a briefing on NASA's Deep Impact space mission Friday, July 1, 2005, as other members of the team listen, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Scientists are hoping to create their own fireworks in space this Independence Day weekend by having Deep Impact release a probe on a collision course to blast a hole in comet Tempel 1 about 83 million miles from Earth. Seated from left are, Lindley Johnson, program executive, Grammier, Monte Henderson, program manager, Dave Spencer, mission manager and Jessica Rocca, systems engineer. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Monte Henderson, program manager with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., speaks at a briefing on NASA's Deep Impact space mission Friday, July 1, 2005, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Scientists are hoping to create their own fireworks in space this Independence Day weekend by having Deep Impact release a probe on a collision course to blast a hole in comet Tempel 1 about 83 million miles from Earth. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
To: pax_et_bonum
Pax-A-Tron, prepare for impact!
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:14:00 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(I'm looking for the FReeper that recommended Glory brand canned greens)
To: Righty_McRight
My family's name is on that rig!!!
Whooopiiieeee!!!!
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:15:00 PM PDT
by
baltodog
(R.I.P. Balto: 2001(?) - 2005)
To: Righty_McRight
Nasa Attacks Giant Pickle In Space
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:15:15 PM PDT
by
cabojoe
To: Righty_McRight
Soo, are they going to load "DeepThroat" into the chamber and fire him off so he can be the "Deep Impact"? :P
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:15:23 PM PDT
by
1FASTGLOCK45
(FreeRepublic: More fun than watching Dem'Rats drown like Turkeys in the rain! ! !)
To: Howlin
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:19:24 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Righty_McRight
I came to this thread with the expectation the mission target,
after the recent election, was Tehran.
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:21:02 PM PDT
by
C210N
(-)
NASA's last couple of Mars impacts were just practice, eh?
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:26:01 PM PDT
by
solitas
(So what if I support an OS that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.4.1)
To: cabojoe
"Nasa Attacks Giant Pickle In Space"
hah hah hah. Imagine what their surprise is going to be when billions of HEINZ pickels go blasting off into space.
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:38:51 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: Marine_Uncle
I just hope that they don't fire back.
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posted on
07/01/2005 6:54:27 PM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: ARCADIA
"I just hope that they don't fire back."
Who?. The pickels or aliens?
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posted on
07/01/2005 7:09:11 PM PDT
by
Marine_Uncle
(Honor must be earned)
To: Righty_McRight
I must admit that NASA has proven time and again that it is very good at blowing things up.
To: Righty_McRight
scientists say the experiment poses no danger to Earth. Suddenly, I am very afraid.
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posted on
07/01/2005 7:14:26 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Don't be a Freeploader. Do the right thing and become a Monthly Donor!)
To: Righty_McRight
a pickle-shaped comet half the size of Manhattan."Thats a dilly of a pickle" says Ned Flanders.
To: Righty_McRight; All
If anyone starts a ping list put me on.
Thanks Much
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posted on
07/01/2005 7:17:06 PM PDT
by
DAVEY CROCKETT
(Character exalts Liberty and Freedom, Righteous exalts a Nation.)
To: Righty_McRight
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posted on
07/01/2005 7:23:25 PM PDT
by
cabojoe
To: Righty_McRight; Howlin
There will be a live thread starting Sunday.
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posted on
07/01/2005 7:25:26 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: DAVEY CROCKETT; Howlin
Just in case you don't get a ping, there will be a live thread Sunday.
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posted on
07/01/2005 7:26:40 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: solitas
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posted on
07/01/2005 8:03:47 PM PDT
by
spinestein
(The facts fairly and honestly presented, truth will take care of itself.)
To: Flyer
Mission scientists said the Deep Impact spacecraft was 1 1/2 million miles away from Tempel 1, a pickle-shaped comet half the size of Manhattan.Is the captain of the Comet Crasher aware of this situation?
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posted on
07/02/2005 8:06:01 AM PDT
by
pax_et_bonum
(Three guys walked into a bar. The fourth one ducked.)
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