1 posted on
01/02/2004 8:57:07 AM PST by
blam
To: blam
neat!
2 posted on
01/02/2004 9:02:37 AM PST by
KantianBurke
(Don't Tread on Me)
To: blam; RadioAstronomer; Sabertooth; petuniasevan
space ping
3 posted on
01/02/2004 9:03:49 AM PST by
farmfriend
( Isaiah 55:10,11)
To: blam
Whatever happened to the Beagle lander on mars?
4 posted on
01/02/2004 9:04:27 AM PST by
The Raven
To: blam
Bump
5 posted on
01/02/2004 9:04:43 AM PST by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: blam
Nowadays, I think they have to "polarize" the shields. Always brought the mental picture of a giant pair of Foster Grants to mind ...
7 posted on
01/02/2004 9:06:56 AM PST by
Johnny_Cipher
(Dimension Zero)
To: blam
To: blam
"...which means at any time we could run into a cometary particle. At 6.1 kilometers per second (approximately 3.8 miles per second), this is no small event." That's a mere 13,645 mi / hour, or 20,013 ft / sec
Around 10-20 times as fast as a rifle bullet.
So if it hits anything larger than a speck of dust...
9 posted on
01/02/2004 9:08:06 AM PST by
Ichneumon
To: blam
Absolutely, positively, mind-bogglingly incredible!
It's difficult to imagine anything other than a free society being willing and able to achieve this incredible level of sophistication.
11 posted on
01/02/2004 9:09:36 AM PST by
jigsaw
(God Bless Our Troops.)
To: blam
After the pass today it should loop around and return to earth, should arrive near the end of Pres Bush's second term.
14 posted on
01/02/2004 9:21:15 AM PST by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: blam
Mr. Whipple puts one of his shields to the test:
15 posted on
01/02/2004 9:24:28 AM PST by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: blam
They're going to bring the comet poop back to earth? Should be some good novels come out of that concept.
16 posted on
01/02/2004 9:25:43 AM PST by
gitmo
(Who is John Galt?)
To: blam
So it has already traveled 2.3 billion miles and then will return to Earth having traveled 4.6 billion miles? I know, the return trip may well be significantly shorter (or longer) but for a round trip endeavor, that has to blow away all previous records. Does anyone know what the previous record is? One of the Apollo missions, maybe. Did we ever bring anything back from Mars or Venus orbit?
19 posted on
01/02/2004 9:40:29 AM PST by
realpatriot
(Leaving the tagline unchanged for now)
To: blam
Stardust with Shields Up
20 posted on
01/02/2004 9:40:59 AM PST by
gitmo
(Who is John Galt?)
To: blam
NASA Spacecraft Has Shields UPThere's no mention of phasors or photon torpedoes. Whatsupwidat? Poor defenseless craft.
24 posted on
01/02/2004 10:19:00 AM PST by
Professional Engineer
(28Dec ~ I felt my unborn child move this morning!! __30Dec ~ Junior is a little girl !)
To: blam
The NASA TV Channel is supposed to have some commentary on the Stardust encounter with Wild-2 shortly at 11:00am PST, for those who can get it.
"Gone to See Wild"
26 posted on
01/02/2004 10:50:46 AM PST by
mikrofon
(Rocket motor's runnin'....)
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