[bayourod]

Beautiful, just F'in beautiful, NASA. Now everyone outside the federation will know that Earth has space based defences. Beautiful, just F'in beautiful!

[Verginius Rufus]

Sounds like a bargain for $330 million. Isn't that less than the cost of Clinton's trips to Africa and China in his second term?

[phoenix0468]

Follow Up!!!

NASA spacecraft ment to crash into comet has cause the redirection of said comet directly to earth!!! Reports indicate that the comet may strike the Moon, which would not be much better since it would cause it's immnenet destrucion. Thank you again NASA, like two Mars rovers wasn't enough. HEHE.

[ProudVet77]

Practice for a potential cosmic billiard game.
A reminder that the Huygens is due to land on titan in about 30 hours.
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.cfm

[webheart]

Wonder what they'll think if the impactor just goes right through the comet?

[stevem]

Is there a book somewhere regarding the success of this mission?

[dasboot]

Kofi says the comet is a UN protected historic landmark, and calls on the US to abandon the mission.

[prolusion]

Scientists are counting on Deep Impact to carve out a crater in Comet Tempel 1 that could swallow the Roman Coliseum.

"That's private property." Colonel Bat Guano - Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Scientists are counting on Deep Impact to carve out a crater in Comet Tempel 1 that could swallow the Roman Coliseum

[RtWngr]

So on July 5, if it works, we'll find out that we have just been saved. If it misses........