[Jet Jaguar]

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121530main_its_approach_x4.mov http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121527main_MRI_impact.mov

[Spktyr]

Note - this is the same tech that would be used in the "Rods From God" project. A self-contained, self-guiding impactor or KKV.

[Phocion]

Great videos, thanks for the links.

[SIDENET]

Way cool. Thanks for the post!

[fso301]

If we can hit an asteroid, we can hit an incoming missle

[SunTzuWu]

The diameter of the crater in the last few images was given as 1500 meters.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Too bad CBS couldn't get Dan Rather out there to do a remote...

[marblehead17]

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[narses]

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121530main_its_approach_x4.mov http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121527main_MRI_impact.mov

[T. P. Pole]

First couple of thoughts on seeing this - why did they aim for a glancing blow and not a head-on shot? Also, I never would have suspected that there would be so much cratering on a comet. We keep hearing that they are "dirty snowballs" but this looked just like one of the moons of Mars or an asteroid.

[Sundog]

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