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BobG
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The bullet has been fired
« on: Jul 4th, 2005, 12:39am » |
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There's going to be a collision in space tonight. An 800 pound bullet has been fired and a little astroid is going to get a bad tummy ache in about an hour from now.
Anybody watching?
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #1 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 12:43am » |
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OH, i heard about this one. Is this the one where we are gonna try to blow up an asteroid to get core samples?
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #2 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 12:59am » |
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Yep, that's the one. The bullet or probe has a camera that will be show it heading toward the astroid and the satalite that fired it has cameras and a bunch of sensors that will record the hit. I don't remember the name (Deep Impact, I think) or which direction to aim a telescope (probably doesn't matter since it's 3 million miles away). The news is just coming on so maybe they'll mention something.
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #4 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 1:34am » |
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Thanks Kirk. I didn't even think to look at the NASA website
 
I have the NASA channel on now. This ought to be pretty cool.
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #5 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 1:43am » |
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Damn I can't get on the webcast. It must be full up. 
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #6 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 1:45am » |
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That sucks. I can get right in the website you provided.
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #7 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 1:51am » |
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All rite. I have it on Real Player 10 now. Only loaded 74% so far "congestion" Thats what I get for living in the boondocks
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #8 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 1:58am » |
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on Jul 4th, 2005, 12:43am, BMoneeTheMoneeMan wrote:| Is this the one where we are gonna try to blow up an asteroid to get core samples? |
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Substantial effort to dispell Bob's, eventually forthcoming (no doubt) theory the comets originated it Las Vegas. 
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #9 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 2:04am » |
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on Jul 4th, 2005, 1:58am, Kevin_M wrote:
Substantial effort to dispell Bob's, eventually forthcoming (no doubt) theory the comets originated it Las Vegas.
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LMAO! Dang, am I that predictable? 
They got it. Amazing how they can send a rocket 3 million miles into space and hit a little rock and do it within seconds of the scheduled time.
There should be some great images coming back soon.
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #10 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 2:26am » |
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That was pretty cool. They hit it rite on the money with something the size of a washing machine.
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #11 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 2:26am » |
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Thanks. I forgot to track the thing.
You what's really sad is the shit that hits our front pages rather than something this real. I haven'r read it anywhere for two days.
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #12 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 6:00pm » |
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Video Link!!
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html
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Re: The bullet has been fired
« Reply #13 on: Jul 4th, 2005, 10:09pm » |
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think it was more amazing we put two rovers on mars they both hit the bulls eye and they are still going i year later when they thought 3 months would be the max limit , is it money well spent i question that but it truley is amazing , to abd we cant apply that to peace on earth
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