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ddvmor


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I was watching the news this morning whilst munching on my cornflakes and a particular item caught my attention.


There's this comet, you see.  And Nasa scientists want to study it in detail using the lastest in scientific methods.  Forgive me if this gets a little technical.  The plan is this: They're going to take a space-ship and crash into the comet to see what happens.  Yes, my friends, this is the Nasa version of 'Lets hit it with a hammer!'


Am I alone in thinking that this can't exactly be clever.  How many disaster movies have we seen involving comets or huge meteors?  As if that wasn't bad enough, the ship is called 'Deep Impact'.


Morgan Freeman must be turning in his... er... bed.


 


 


Oh yeah.  Forgot to include the link.



-- Edited by ddvmor at 08:31, 2005-07-04

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Is it safe to admit here that I had exactly the same thoughts when I woke up to that particular piece of news this morning?

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ddvmor


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Heh.


Seems the hammer technique isn't all it's cracked up to be!


The gist:


Nasa's Deep Impact spacecraft may have missed its chance to see the crater made in Comet Tempel 1 because of the large plume of material kicked out.


Seeing the crater was a key objective of the mission - scientists hoped the impact depression would tell them more about the structure of the comet.



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JonnyStead


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Cant they just catch one? Like with a mouse trap?


Comets like toast...



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Comet's good for MP3 players too.




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Nice

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