Posted on 07/03/2005 7:06:44 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Thank you for your comment... however, I have a fine education already... and have already read BadAstronmy's misrepresentations of the electric universe hypotheses.
I predict that the comet will be split into TWO comets, just like splitting a diamond, one of the two new comets will continue on, but on a slightly different trajectory, the other comet will veer into our solar system, striking the planet Uranus at high velocity, splitting the planet into billions of fragments, creating a new outer asteroid belt.
Then Peter Jennings will return to the camera to say (once again) "Well, scratch Uranus", to peels of laughter.
[Hint: I recall a long-ago newscast, when some NASA probe was passing by Uranus, there was a camera or telemetry malfunction, no data was received, and without thinking, Jennings looked right into the camera while conversing with some expert, and said "Well, scratch Uranus" - pronouncing it "Yur-Anus". Realizing what he had said, he dropped his head to the desk for a moment, coming up trying to suppress his laughter. You could hear the crew howling in the background. He has pronounced that planet as "Yur-Uh-Nus" ever since....LOL]
I predict that most people will think that "Deep Impact" is a movie starring Linda Lovelace and Clint Eastwood.
If it has any EU-made parts, I predict it will miss.
Check it out at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html
Thanks for the link, I will.
I'm going straight over...thanks!
We're partying. Come on over!
As I said in another thread: I'm predicting a comet with an interior of nougat or marshmallow cream.
Well, many people I know violently eject the previous meal after merely being shown her visage - the best emetic imaginable.
Excellent ping!
'Your name here' proposed for comet
Posted by HAL9000
On News/Activism 05/09/2003 1:18:20 PM PDT · 37 replies · 52+ views
San Jose Business Journal ^ | May 9, 2003
If you've ever wanted your name on a comet, now's your chance. Pasadena's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA plan to send a satellite to crash into a comet in 2005 and aboard the craft will be a CD with the names of perhaps thousands of Earthlings. The names will be carried on board NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, the first deep-space mission designed to collide with a comet. Mission scientists are confident an impact on the nucleus of a comet called Tempel 1 will answer basic questions about the nature and composition of these celestial wanderers. "This is an opportunity...
'Deep Impact' Spacecraft to Travel to Comet
Posted by ChristianDefender
On News/Activism 11/26/2004 12:01:30 AM PST · 17 replies · 557+ views
FoxNews | 11-26-04 | Fox News
BOULDER, Colo. ó Where the movie "Deep Impact" depicted a comet hurtling to Earth, a real-world namesake is set to go the opposite direction to eventually slam into a comet. Deep Impact ó as the spacecraft is called ó will travel six months to reach a comet, named Comet Temple 1. It will then release an 825-pound impactor to search out and collide with the 5-mile long, 2-mile wide comet. The minds at Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation (search) have been working on the spacecraft since 1996.
NASA to send celestial hammer to break open comet
Posted by Diamond
On News/Activism 12/23/2004 9:20:12 AM PST · 47 replies · 798+ views
EARTHTimes.org | 2004-12-20 | I. A. Harry
Space News | Home NASA to send celestial hammer to break open comet Posted on : 2004-12-20| Author : I. A. Harry| News Category : Space Scientific curiosity is going to cause a minor collision in space. On January 12, 2004, NASA is scheduled to launch a spacecraft named Deep Impact. This spacecraft will fire an 800-pound impactor right into the path of the 4-mile wide comet Tempel 1. The collision is scheduled to take place on July 4, 2005. The mission is stated to cost approximately $ 330 million. Scientists at NASA are very eager to know what...
'Deep Impact' Probe to Try to Puncture a Comet
Posted by crushelits
On News/Activism 01/09/2005 8:03:12 PM PST · 9 replies · 368+ views
washingtonpost.com | Monday, January 10, 2005 | Guy Gugliotta
When it comes to space exploration, where scientists often measure their needs in milli-this and micro-that, Deep Impact, as its name suggests, has all the subtlety of a punch in the mouth. Barring unforeseen delays, NASA will launch on Wednesday a 1,325-pound spacecraft on a one-way trip to the comet Tempel 1. On July 3, the spacecraft will jettison an 820-pound copper projectile in the comet's path and get out of the way as comet and projectile meet at a relative speed of 23,000 mph. This, perhaps not surprisingly, will happen on July 4, and if you are somewhere in...
Blasting Into the Core of a Comet to Learn Its Secrets
Posted by neverdem
On News/Activism 01/11/2005 5:13:06 PM PST · 9 replies · 549+ views
NY Times | January 11, 2005 | WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 - Since the earliest days of the solar system, comets have periodically smashed into Earth, blasting holes in the surface and scattering cosmic debris. Now it is our turn to strike back. On Wednesday, NASA is to launch a spacecraft called Deep Impact toward the comet Tempel 1. In six months, if all goes well, the craft will release an 820-pound copper-core "impactor" that will smash into the comet's nucleus at 23,000 miles per hour, excavating a crater that scientists say could be as large as a sports coliseum. Launching of the spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral...
Deep Impact on course for comet collision!
Posted by missyme
On News/Activism 01/12/2005 11:21:56 AM PST · 25 replies · 715+ views
CNN | Jan 12th, 2005
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name -- Deep Impact -- blasted off Wednesday on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse at the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system. With a launch window only one second long, Deep Impact rocketed away at the designated moment on a six-month, 268 million-mile journey to Comet Tempel 1. It will be a one-way trip that NASA hopes will reach a cataclysmic end on the Fourth of July. Scientists are counting on Deep Impact to carve out a crater that...
NASA Launches Comet-Busting Spaceship
Posted by paudio
On News/Activism 01/12/2005 12:48:01 PM PST · 11 replies · 405+ views
Fox News | 1/12/05
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ó A NASA (search) spacecraft with a Hollywood name ó Deep Impact (search) ó blasted off Wednesday on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system. With a launch window only one second long, Deep Impact rocketed away at the designated moment on a six-month, 268-million-mile journey to Comet Tempel 1 (search). It will be a one-way trip that NASA hopes will reach a cataclysmic end on the Fourth of July.
Spacecraft launched on mission to smash comet
Posted by bayourod
On News/Activism 01/12/2005 7:52:25 PM PST · 16 replies · 345+ views
The Houstoin Chronicle via AP via NASA Deep Impact Web site | Jan. 12, 2005 | NASA staff
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. ó A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name ó Deep Impact ó blasted off today on a mission to smash a hole in a comet and give scientists a glimpse of the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system. With a launch window only one second long, Deep Impact rocketed away at the designated moment on a six-month, 268-million-mile journey to Comet Tempel 1. It will be a one-way trip that NASA hopes will reach a cataclysmic end on the Fourth of July. "We are on our way," an excited Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland,...
NASA comet-busting craft on course, instrument problem studied
Posted by NormsRevenge
On News/Activism 03/25/2005 7:27:52 PM PST · 9 replies · 299+ views
Bakersfield Californian | 3/25/05 | AP - Los Angeles
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is on course for a July 4 encounter with comet Tempel 1 but mission officials are trying to determine why a telescope that will function as its main science instrument has not reached proper focus, the space agency said Friday. Officials nonetheless expressed confidence that the mission will not be affected by the problem. Deep Impact carries an "impactor" that will be released to collide with the comet, possibly creating a stadium-size gouge while the spacecraft's instruments collect data on the material that is hurled off. The craft was launched on Jan....
NASA comet-busting craft on course, instrument problem studied
Posted by NormsRevenge
On News/Activism 03/25/2005 7:27:52 PM PST · 9 replies · 310+ views
Bakersfield Californian ^ | 3/25/05 | AP - Los Angeles
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is on course for a July 4 encounter with comet Tempel 1 but mission officials are trying to determine why a telescope that will function as its main science instrument has not reached proper focus, the space agency said Friday. Officials nonetheless expressed confidence that the mission will not be affected by the problem. Deep Impact carries an "impactor" that will be released to collide with the comet, possibly creating a stadium-size gouge while the spacecraft's instruments collect data on the material that is hurled off. The craft was launched on Jan....
Russian Astrologist Sues NASA
Posted by doc30
On News/Activism 04/20/2005 8:24:14 AM PDT · 24 replies · 655+ views
Space.com ^ | 4/20/05 | SPACE.com Staff
Russian Astrologist Sues NASA NASA has been taken to court in Russia over its plans to crack open a comet. Marina Bai, a Russian astrologist, filed a lawsuit last month with the Presnensky district court in Moscow, demanding that the U.S. space agency call off its $311 million Deep Impact mission. As reported in MosNews.com, Bai is also asking for 8.7 billion rubles ($311 million) in compensation for moral damages. “The actions of NASA infringe upon my system of spiritual and life values, in particular on the values of every element of creation, upon the unacceptability of barbarically interfering with...
Astrologer to sue NASA
Posted by Cincinatus' Wife
On News/Activism 05/07/2005 12:48:21 AM PDT · 34 replies · 856+ views
News24, South Africa ^ | May 7, 2005
Moscow - A Russian court ruled that an astrologer could proceed with a lawsuit against the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration for plans to bombard a comet whose destruction would "disrupt the natural balance of the universe", said Itar-Tass on Friday. Star-reader Marina Bai's case was thrown out of a lower court because Russia had no jurisdiction over Nasa. But, the ruling was overturned when her lawyer, Alexandra Molokhova, was able to show that the agency's office in the US embassy in Moscow did fall under Russian jurisdiction. Bai seeks a ruling that would restrict Nasa in its...
Comet-hitting probe tweaks its course to target
Posted by RightWhale
On News/Activism 05/16/2005 8:35:53 AM PDT · 9 replies · 410+ views
spaceflightnow.com | 16 May 05 | NASA
Comet-hitting probe tweaks its course to target NASA NEWS RELEASE Posted: May 15, 2005 Fifty-nine days before going head-to-head with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully executed the second trajectory correction maneuver of the mission. The burn further refined the spacecraft's trajectory, or flight path, and also moved forward the expected time of the Independence Day comet encounter so impact would be visible by ground- and space-based observatories. The 95-second burn - the longest remaining firing of the spacecraft's motors prior to comet encounter -- was executed on May 4. It changed Deep Impact's speed by 18.2 kilometers...
Comet-hitting probe tweaks its course to target
Posted by RightWhale
On News/Activism 05/16/2005 8:35:53 AM PDT · 9 replies · 429+ views
spaceflightnow.com ^ | 16 May 05 | NASA
Comet-hitting probe tweaks its course to target NASA NEWS RELEASE Posted: May 15, 2005 Fifty-nine days before going head-to-head with comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully executed the second trajectory correction maneuver of the mission. The burn further refined the spacecraft's trajectory, or flight path, and also moved forward the expected time of the Independence Day comet encounter so impact would be visible by ground- and space-based observatories. The 95-second burn - the longest remaining firing of the spacecraft's motors prior to comet encounter -- was executed on May 4. It changed Deep Impact's speed by 18.2 kilometers...
Xinhua and AlJazeera most qualified to report on NASA?
Posted by billybudd
On Bloggers & Personal 06/26/2005 8:21:42 PM PDT · 40+ views
Google News ^ | 06/26/2005 | Google News
I don't get it. Why are Xinhua and AlJazeera listed as the first news sources that comment on NASA's Deep Impact mission? Followed closely by The Standard (Hong Kong), Globe and Mail (Canada), Australian (Australia), AME Info (United Arab Emirates). Google News confounds me.
Fireworks Likely When NASA Blows Up Comet (Deep Impact)
Posted by Righty_McRight
On News/Activism 06/27/2005 1:09:51 AM PDT · 14 replies · 805+ views
AP ^ | June 26, 2005 | Alicia Chang
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Not all dazzling fireworks displays will be on Earth this Independence Day. NASA hopes to shoot off its own celestial sparks in an audacious mission that will blast a stadium-sized hole in a comet half the size of Manhattan. It would give astronomers their first peek at the inside of one of these heavenly bodies. If all goes as planned, the Deep Impact spacecraft will release a wine barrel-sized probe on a suicide journey, hurtling toward the comet Tempel 1 - about 80 million miles away from Earth at the time of impact. "It's a bullet...
Hubble Captures Dust Plume Images
Posted by NormsRevenge
On News/Activism 06/27/2005 7:14:26 PM PDT · 12 replies · 484+ views
Monterey Herald ^ | 6/27/05 | Alex Dominguez - AP
BALTIMORE - The Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a sneak preview of what they might see July 4 when a NASA probe strikes a comet, creating a cosmic display that may be visible with the naked eye in part of the Western Hemisphere. One of a series of photos taken by the orbiting observatory while preparing for the Independence Day encounter shows a 1,400-mile plume of dust spewing from the comet toward the sun. Johns Hopkins University astronomy professor Paul Feldman said light from the sun most likely heated a pocket of volatile gas trapped beneath the surface, causing...
Deep Impact Spacecraft Ready for Mission
Posted by Righty_McRight
On News/Activism 07/01/2005 6:12:43 PM PDT · 32 replies · 388+ views
AP ^ | July 1, 2005 | Alicia Chang
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft was speedily closing in on its target Friday, a comet scientists hope to smash open this weekend, producing celestial fireworks for the Independence Day weekend. But the real purpose is to study the comet's primordial core. Mission scientists said the Deep Impact spacecraft was 1 1/2 million miles away from Tempel 1, a pickle-shaped comet half the size of Manhattan. "We're closing in very rapidly, but we're still very far away," said Michael A'Hearn, an astronomer at the University of Maryland and principal investigator of the $333 million project. The cosmic fireworks will...
Solar Activity and Deep Impact
Posted by NRA2BFree
On News/Activism 07/02/2005 2:37:32 PM PDT · 7 replies · 383+ views
Space Weather News ^ | July 2, 2005 | Staff
SUNSPOTS GALORE: Only a few days ago the sun was completely blank, but now it is peppered with fast-growing sunspots. So far these active regions have produced no strong solar flares, but this could change if their dynamic growth continues. Visit spaceweather.com for movies of the growing 'spots and safe solar observing tips. REMINDER: Far from Earth, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft is about to poke a hole through the crust of Comet Tempel 1. When? July 3rd at 10:52 p.m. PDT (July 4th at 0552 UT). A plume of gas and dust emerging from the hole could cause the comet...
Deep Impact spacecraft releases probe to collide with comet
Posted by HAL9000
On News/Activism 07/02/2005 11:38:02 PM PDT · 52 replies · 775+ views
Associated Press | July 3, 2005
A NASA spacecraft with a Hollywood name released a probe late Saturday on a collision course with a speeding comet, an ambitious mission that scientists hope will offer the first peek inside one of these icy bodies. Deep Impact released its barrel-sized "impactor" at 11:07 p.m. PDT on a suicide journey that is expected to climax 24 hours later when the comet Tempel 1 smashes into it. The high-speed crash should produce an Independence Day weekend explosion that should be visible from parts of the Western Hemisphere. Comets contain the frozen primordial ingredients of the solar system and studying...
*Live Thread* -- 7/3/05 NASA "Deep Impact" Comet
Posted by FreedomNeocon
On News/Activism 07/03/2005 6:32:52 AM PDT · 1,143 replies · 20,759+ views
NASA / Space.com ^ | 7-3-05 | Buzz Aldrin
All times are Eastern U.S. time July 3, Sunday 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. - Deep Impact Pre-Impact Live Interviews - JPL (One-Way Media Interviews) 2 p.m. – 3 p.m. – Deep Impact Pre-Impact Update - JPL(Update on separation and navigation) 4 p.m. – Deep Impact Pre-Impact Update - HQ (Replay) 7 p.m. – Deep Impact Pre-Impact Update - HQ (Replay) 11:30 p.m. – 3:30 a.m. (July 4) – Deep Impact Commentary (Expected time of impact: 1:52 a.m.) July 4, Monday 4 a.m. – 5 a.m. – Deep Impact Post-Impact Press Conference - JPL (Interactive Media Briefing) 7 a.m. –...
Predictions on ?Deep Impact?
Posted by Swordmaker
On News/Activism 07/03/2005 7:06:44 PM PDT · 55 replies · 964+ views
Thunderbolts Picture of the Day ^ | 7/3/2005
THUNDERBOLTS PICTURE OF THE DAYExploring the electric universe From ancient mythology to cosmic plasma discharge Credit: NASA/JPL/UMD Artwork by Pat Rawlings the book quotes picture of the day picture archive subject index the film(video clips) products Contact usElectric Universe: Holoscience Electric Cosmos The Universe Dragon Science Plasma Cosmology Society for Interdisciplinary Studies Jul 04, 2005 Predictions on "Deep Impact"With the imminent arrival of the "Deep Impact" spacecraft at the comet Tempel 1, it is time to test competing theories on the nature of comets. The predictions and lines of reasoning offered here will set the stage for future...
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully released its impactor (Live Thread)
Posted by hole_n_one
On News/Activism 07/03/2005 8:45:09 PM PDT · 21 replies · 1,049+ views
Nasa ^
July 3, 2005 MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov DC Agle (818) 393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Dolores Beasley (202) 358-1753 NASA Headquarters, Washington Lee Tune (301) 405-4679 University of Maryland, College Park NEWS RELEASE: 2005-108 DEEP IMPACT STATUS REPORT One hundred and seventy-one days into its 172-day journey to comet Tempel 1, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft successfully released its impactor at 11:07 p.m. Saturday, Pacific Daylight Time (2:07 a.m. Sunday, Eastern Daylight Time). At release, the impactor was about 880,000 kilometers (547,000 miles)...
NASA's Deep Impact Probe Slams Into Tempel 1 Comet
Posted by msjhall
On News/Activism 07/03/2005 11:10:41 PM PDT · 72 replies · 1,714+ views
Foxnews ^ | Monday, July 04, 2005 | Associated Press
PASADENA, Calif. — A NASA space probe was bearing down on its comet target Sunday in a suicide mission scientists hoped would provide new insight into the origins of the solar system.
Mission Accomplished: Probe Hits Comet
Posted by Man50D
On News/Activism 07/04/2005 4:30:19 AM PDT · 25 replies · 752+ views
Yahoo news ^ | 7/3/05 | By ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer
PASADENA, Calif. - A space probe hit its comet target late Sunday in a NASA-directed, Hollywood-style mission that scientists hope will reveal clues to how the solar system formed. It was the first time a spacecraft had ever touched the surface of a comet, igniting brief Independence Day weekend fireworks in space. The successful strike 83 million miles away from Earth occurred at 10:52 p.m. PDT, according to mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Scientists on the mission — called Deep Impact, like the movie — erupted in applause and exchanged hugs. "A lot of people said...
The morons who add "callingartbell" to the keywords of topics they want to denigrate haven't arrived, although someone did add "crackpots". :')
good choice on the video format. ;')
Deep Impact, post impact video
7-4-2005
Posted on 07/04/2005 4:17:26 PM PDT by hophead
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1436486/posts
http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121530main_its_approach_x4.mov
http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121527main_MRI_impact.mov
speaking of predictions...
Astrologist Sues NASA Over Crash
Reuters | July 4, 2005
Posted on 07/04/2005 10:47:37 AM PDT by West Coast Conservative
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