whats going on with nasa and a asteroid?

[Metro752]

12km to go!

 

[Metro752]

20 seconds to impact, revised on NASA TV!

 

[Metro752]

Our brave little spacecraft is in a very hostile little enviroment here." - Gay NASA Announcer.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Thats one big dead bug!

 

[Metro752]

Seeing a room full of older men and young interns screaming and howling is rathewr frightening.


-- Now just wait, some alien will come to us, and demand reperations for destroying a piece of space or something. Haha.

Time fer bedddd.\


talk about a good fourth of july firework!

take that evil doers.

AMERICA, F* YEAH!

 

[EuroWheenie]

Saw a science buff on the box yesterday explaining that the effect of the probe hitting the asteroid would be akin to a small bird impacting the leading edge of a widebody wing; might dent it a tad but won't bring it out of course

The purpose of this experiment is to eject material from the core of the asteroid, which the mother space craft can then analyze. The theory is that the nucleous of the asteriod should contain material from back when the universe was formed som 14 billion odd years ago. In other words, a study into how the universe was formed.

That's the official version anyway. There is a growing feeling in France that GWB got nucleous and nuclear mixed up, coupled with a theory that the asteroid is indeed under the control of Al-Qaeda. It may also contain vast quantities of oil

 

[DorkProp]

Any Arthur C. Clarke fans out there? The man who theorized geosynchronous orbits decades before they were proven also theorized about this "deep impact" mission decades ago. He included a little blurb about it in his "2001" novel. The crew of the Discovery, enroute to Saturn, launched a projectile to slam into a nearby asteroid in order to analyze the asteroid's composition using spectral analysis. I bet Clarke was pleased to watch the mission live from his home in Sri Lanka.

 

[EagleRJ]

That's the official version anyway. There is a growing feeling in France that GWB got nucleous and nuclear mixed up, coupled with a theory that the asteroid is indeed under the control of Al-Qaeda. It may also contain vast quantities of oil

Meanwhile, the French manned space program continues to enjoy a perfect safety record, while the French military demolishes terrorists around the world...