tempel 1 is gonna eat it

[exhausted mules]

yup. this should be very interesting...

they launched a copper reinforced projectile from a spacecraft very early this morning.

its expected to hit at 1:52am eastern pacific time.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/de...ain/index.html

they are expecting for the projectile to just desintegrate upon a 23 000 mph impact. while doing so, the mothership will be taking pictures and sending them back to earth.

oh yeah. i'm staying up for this.

you should be able to view the asteroid from earth if you have a good teleschope. however... i can't seem to find the coordinates.

thumbs up to humanity and its neverending quest to explore.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by exhausted mules thumbs up to humanity and its neverending quest to explore.

Well - it would be nice to feed the hungry first

[BADMIHAI]

Originally Posted by RC45 Originally Posted by exhausted mules thumbs up to humanity and its neverending quest to explore. Well - it would be nice to feed the hungry first

I haven't laughed so hard since September 11.

I guess they are preparing to fend off any incoming asteroids. 8)

[Stikz]

Originally Posted by RC45 Originally Posted by exhausted mules thumbs up to humanity and its neverending quest to explore. Well - it would be nice to feed the hungry first

lol, that was a little unnecessary RC, but funny nonetheless.

[Squeek]

I haven't laughed so hard since September 11.

i dont get it, is there supposed to be something funny about september 11 cos i didnt find a couple of thousand people dying very funny mate

[BADMIHAI]

It was funny to me.

[BADMIHAI]

The poor bloke has been away from JW for too long.

[DeMoN]

I suppose there will be a video showing the hit huh?

BTW - coincidense they waited till June 4th? I think not.

[exhausted mules]

Originally Posted by DeMoN I suppose there will be a video showing the hit huh? BTW - coincidense they waited till June 4th? I think not.

its was planned since before the launch.

there isn't going to be any vids of the impact because they take high rez pictures that they can study.

however they will probably make a short clip of compiled pictures.

i watched the live broadcast from houston and everything went according to plans and the mission was a success.

pictures of the impact and the crater it left can be seen at the link i posted above.

and for everybody making fun and postwhoring...

get a life.

[graywolf624]

Actually there will be vids from ground based telescopes that will all be looking. Every telescope on the planet is watching.

[DeMoN]

I'd be watching too. Better than the fireworks I bet.

[exhausted mules]

Originally Posted by graywolf624 Actually there will be vids from ground based telescopes that will all be looking. Every telescope on the planet is watching.

that for sure.

i was reffering to the high res images nasa has taken from the actual spacecraft and the hubble.

i'm hoping the vids recorded on ground will have good enough resolution though. it would be interesting to be able to see the debri field the impactor created.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by exhausted mules Originally Posted by DeMoN I suppose there will be a video showing the hit huh? BTW - coincidense they waited till June 4th? I think not. its was planned since before the launch. there isn't going to be any vids of the impact because they take high rez pictures that they can study. however they will probably make a short clip of compiled pictures. i watched the live broadcast from houston and everything went according to plans and the mission was a success. pictures of the impact and the crater it left can be seen at the link i posted above. and for everybody making fun and postwhoring... get a life.

What's the exact point of the excercise again? I was under the impression there are hungry folks to feed instead of silly space experiments to undertake.

[exhausted mules]

Originally Posted by RC45 What's the exact point of the excercise again? I was under the impression there are hungry folks to feed instead of silly space experiments to undertake.

RC...

if it wasn't for silly space walk and exploration...

the technology in modern cars wouldn't be as advanced as it is.

the money, time, and general global effort spent into space exploration has pushed technological inovation such as...

computers.
satelites.
stronger, lighter, and cheaper materials.

computers; i'm using one to bitch you out and to prove space exploration has a worldwide positive affect on everyone. just because you dont understand the direct benefits...

doesn't mean they aren't there.

everybody on this earth that's in an industrialised,comercialised and economicaly stable society uses satelites to comunicate and explore.

those rc's honda made (nice bike btw) wouldn't have been possible without the materials used to send astronauts into space.

small examples of what a mission such as this, can do, for someone so indirectly connected to a chunk of copper slamming into a rock, million of kms away.





and oh yeah....

[RC45]

What about the starving Biafrans? I saw some celebrities on TV saying that starving people need feeding