The impactor targeting sensor camera on Deep Impact's impactor spacecraft took this image on Sunday, July 3, 2005, Eastern Daylight Time, during the mission's encounter with comet Tempel 1. |
Are they saying NASA wants to find out whether "life exists" on a comet? If they are, why throw a rock at it?
I'm confused.
Thanks. Figures that we'd be due for heavy fog *and* clouds. Grrr. Oh well.
Link to NASA TV streaming links (Real Player and MS Player) and related:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
est 2 hr 10 min until impact.