Deep Impact Spacecraft Ready for Mission

AP ^ | July 1, 2005 | Alicia Chang

[Righty_McRight]

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)

[Flyer]

Pax-A-Tron, prepare for impact!

[baltodog]

My family's name is on that rig!!!

Whooopiiieeee!!!!

[cabojoe]

Nasa Attacks Giant Pickle In Space

[1FASTGLOCK45]

Soo, are they going to load "DeepThroat" into the chamber and fire him off so he can be the "Deep Impact"? :P

[tet68]

FYI.
t.

[C210N]

I came to this thread with the expectation the mission target,
after the recent election, was Tehran.

[solitas]

NASA's last couple of Mars impacts were just practice, eh?

[Marine_Uncle]

"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.

[ARCADIA]

I just hope that they don't fire back.

[Marine_Uncle]

"I just hope that they don't fire back."

Who?. The pickels or aliens?

[KellyAdmirer]

I must admit that NASA has proven time and again that it is very good at blowing things up.

[don-o]

scientists say the experiment poses no danger to Earth.

Suddenly, I am very afraid.

[operation clinton cleanup]

a pickle-shaped comet half the size of Manhattan.

"Thats a dilly of a pickle" says Ned Flanders.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

If anyone starts a ping list put me on.
Thanks Much

[cabojoe]

Guide: How To See Nasa's Comet Crash in the Sky on July 4th:
http://www.physorg.com/news4814.html.com/

[RightWhale]

There will be a live thread starting Sunday.

[RightWhale]

Just in case you don't get a ping, there will be a live thread Sunday.

[spinestein]

LOL!

[pax_et_bonum]

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?