The mission of Deep Impact (crashing a satilite into a comet while taking images
from a separate satilite) occured on July 4, 2005. I watched as the data was
being transmitted live... well, as live as an 8 minute delay from when the
events were transpiring on the observer to Earth at the speed of
light...
It was kind of interesting seeing the final moments of the Impactor from it's
targeting camera.
What are your opinions on this particular event.
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It was a pretty interesting event, and they even said that the impact resulted
in instability of some sort in outer space. A woman wants to sue for $300
million for the destruction of the satellite.
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pretty interesting event, and they even said that the impact
resulted in instability of some sort in outer space. A woman wants to
sue for $300 million for the destruction of the
satellite.
Oh this Russian lady who's an Astrologer or fortune teller from stars. I'm
sorry, but her claim wouldn't hold any merit. She probably never knew of the
existance of Temple 1 before this mission. {Temple 1 is the name of the comet}.
I mean, look, something about the size and mass of a washing machine (pre-crash
size) is TOO friggin small, in comparison to the size and mass of the city of
Manhatten (well, just land mass). And in comparison to the planets, this comet
is insignificant. Heck, it's highly unlikely she could see it with a telescope
in a city, before the impact.
To those who worry about the debris that was caused by the impact... Most of it
is returning to the comet, just re-arranged, like now around the back end of the
comet and not the front...
oh wait, the comet rotates too.
but relative gravity means all the loosened debris will stay in the vacinity and
eventaully land back on the comet.
wtf
i like space stuff. but wasting all the tax payers money on that peice. blowing
it up into a comet didn't do much good either. waste of frigin money. i just
hate it that they throw away an exspensive craft like that. all that money gone.
damn govermant jerkwauds.
I don't think it was a waste MetalFire. They had to crash it in order to cause
debris to fly off, so they could see what's inside of the comet and learn more
about the origins of our universe. I think it's pretty cool, actually. ^_^
I haven't heard much about it, but just reading this topic does make it sound
quite interesting. I had never even thought about studying the inside of a
comet, but it would help our understanding of the universe.
But, I'm afraid I still don't understand why she wants to sue. o_o;
the event seemed really interesting...but that is a lot of money gone for that
crashed satellite don't 'cha think so?
but i thought that it was really cool...especially since i don't hear about many
special events occuring in space..
The mission of Deep Impact (crashing a satilite into a comet while taking images from a separate satilite) occured on July 4, 2005. I watched as the data was being transmitted live... well, as live as an 8 minute delay from when the events were transpiring on the observer to Earth at the speed of light...
It was kind of interesting seeing the final moments of the Impactor from it's targeting camera.
What are your opinions on this particular event.
For More details, go to:
http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/
Yeah, what's better than two important events happening in one day?
It was a pretty interesting event, and they even said that the impact resulted in instability of some sort in outer space. A woman wants to sue for $300 million for the destruction of the satellite.
yeah, i heard about the test too. Its pretty cool, it didn't change the comets course at all. Thats a pretty sturdy comet, lol
yo dude, i was at the space science building watching it, it is so spetacular
what a waste of money, but hey, i live in Canada, so what do i care if the americans spend 300million on useless crap
Oh this Russian lady who's an Astrologer or fortune teller from stars. I'm sorry, but her claim wouldn't hold any merit. She probably never knew of the existance of Temple 1 before this mission. {Temple 1 is the name of the comet}.
I mean, look, something about the size and mass of a washing machine (pre-crash size) is TOO friggin small, in comparison to the size and mass of the city of Manhatten (well, just land mass). And in comparison to the planets, this comet is insignificant. Heck, it's highly unlikely she could see it with a telescope in a city, before the impact.
To those who worry about the debris that was caused by the impact... Most of it is returning to the comet, just re-arranged, like now around the back end of the comet and not the front...
oh wait, the comet rotates too.
but relative gravity means all the loosened debris will stay in the vacinity and eventaully land back on the comet.
wtf
i like space stuff. but wasting all the tax payers money on that peice. blowing it up into a comet didn't do much good either. waste of frigin money. i just hate it that they throw away an exspensive craft like that. all that money gone. damn govermant jerkwauds.
I don't think it was a waste MetalFire. They had to crash it in order to cause debris to fly off, so they could see what's inside of the comet and learn more about the origins of our universe. I think it's pretty cool, actually. ^_^
I haven't heard much about it, but just reading this topic does make it sound quite interesting. I had never even thought about studying the inside of a comet, but it would help our understanding of the universe.
But, I'm afraid I still don't understand why she wants to sue. o_o;
I'm not too sure what this is all bout
'' I'll check the site in a sec....
I just did...wow...that seems so kool...but yeah...
anywayz thanks for sharing the info ^^
the event seemed really interesting...but that is a lot of money gone for that crashed satellite don't 'cha think so?
but i thought that it was really cool...especially since i don't hear about many special events occuring in space..