Comments on: Deep impact

Deep impact

gottabefunky — Tue, 13 May 2003 14:09:58 -0800

Deep impact. NASA scientists want to know what the pristine inside of a comet looks like. What better way, then, than by blowing a 25-meter crater in one? Comet Tempel 1, to be specific. Even better, send them your name and they'll put it on a disc attached to the impactor spacecraft, which will be launched on December 30, 2004. It'll hit on the 4th of July, 2005.

By: pemulis

pemulis — Tue, 13 May 2003 14:24:18 -0800

Tempel 1, Frankenstein says Hello.

By: Salmonberry

Salmonberry — Tue, 13 May 2003 14:50:04 -0800

As do I. Cute idea.

By: Hildago

Hildago — Tue, 13 May 2003 16:24:41 -0800

Heh heh. I was trying to think of a downside to this project. You know, what about this could be bad for anybody? I couldn't think of anything, until I clicked pemulis' link and realized that if any aliens find this they will know we are a planet of smartasses.

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Tue, 13 May 2003 16:27:39 -0800

Selfish smartasses, to be more precise. I'm sending some advertising for the little green people in the sky.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 13 May 2003 16:47:01 -0800

Selfish smartasses, to be more precise....and a liter bug.

By: thomcatspike

thomcatspike — Tue, 13 May 2003 16:50:50 -0800

....and a liter litter bug.

By: oog

oog — Tue, 13 May 2003 17:48:47 -0800

this is completely different from putting a flag on plymouth rock and saying that the "indians" are now treading on land owned by the white man. this is not neo-colonialist at all. this is not weird and fascinating in a post-modern way.

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Tue, 13 May 2003 18:17:31 -0800

oog, I always never didn't wonder what didn't happen not to Negative Man, or not.

By: thijsk

thijsk — Wed, 14 May 2003 01:26:45 -0800

My CD ROMs turn into coasters with the tiniest scratch. I cannot imagine one attached to an impactor spacecraft would be of use after, erm, the impact. Also, do we know that the people of Tempel 1 can read these things?