Deep Impact Tonight

Elspode · 07-03-2005, 11:14 PM

Excellent coverage for broadband users who are interested in tonight's planned collision between Deep Impact's copper-clad impactor and comet Tempel 1.

You can view NASA TV in either Windows Media Player or Real Player in case you don't get it on cable...

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

About an hour and 35 minutes until impact.

BigV · 07-03-2005, 11:23 PM

Outstanding. Thanks for the tip. I missed Live8 but this'll do. It is considerably beyond the Dark Side of the Moon. It kinda makes you Wish You Where (t)Here.

Elspode · 07-03-2005, 11:26 PM

What a great idea for an impact soundtrack, though.

IM?

BigV · 07-03-2005, 11:40 PM

I have the broadband NASA TV on and the cable tv version on. Unsurprisingly, they are the same. Except, the online version is delayed by 20 seconds.

BigV · 07-04-2005, 01:45 AM

post impact briefing in 75 minutes.

check out www.nasa.gov/deepimpact

Elspode · 07-04-2005, 10:33 PM

Absolutely mind-bogglingly cool series of pics leading to impact from the POV of the impactor.

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

Elspode · 07-04-2005, 11:07 PM

Also mind-bogglingly cool is this series of shots from the POV of the flyby craft showing the impact's effect.

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

plthijinx · 07-05-2005, 06:05 PM

I totally forgot this was happening, thanks for the links els!

Troubleshooter · 07-05-2005, 10:52 PM

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...TIME=2005-07-0

MOSCOW (AP) -- NASA's mission that sent a space probe smashing into a comet raised more than cosmic dust - it also brought a lawsuit from a Russian astrologer.

Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe," the newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday. A Moscow court has postponed hearings on the case until late July, the paper said.

...more...

07-03-2005, 11:14 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Deep Impact Tonight Excellent coverage for broadband users who are interested in tonight's planned collision between Deep Impact's copper-clad impactor and comet Tempel 1. You can view NASA TV in either Windows Media Player or Real Player in case you don't get it on cable... http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html About an hour and 35 minutes until impact. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-03-2005, 11:23 PM	#2
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Outstanding. Thanks for the tip. I missed Live8 but this'll do. It is considerably beyond the Dark Side of the Moon. It kinda makes you Wish You Where (t)Here. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not. Last edited by BigV; 07-03-2005 at 11:33 PM.

07-03-2005, 11:26 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	What a great idea for an impact soundtrack, though. IM? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-03-2005, 11:40 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I have the broadband NASA TV on and the cable tv version on. Unsurprisingly, they are the same. Except, the online version is delayed by 20 seconds. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-04-2005, 01:45 AM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	post impact briefing in 75 minutes. check out www.nasa.gov/deepimpact __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-04-2005, 10:33 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Absolutely mind-bogglingly cool series of pics leading to impact from the POV of the impactor. http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121530main_its_approach_x4.mov __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-04-2005, 11:07 PM	#7
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Also mind-bogglingly cool is this series of shots from the POV of the flyby craft showing the impact's effect. http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121527main_MRI_impact.mov __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-05-2005, 06:05 PM	#8
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	I totally forgot this was happening, thanks for the links els! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-05-2005, 10:52 PM	#9
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Astrologer Sues NASA Over Comet Mission http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...TIME=2005-07-0 MOSCOW (AP) -- NASA's mission that sent a space probe smashing into a comet raised more than cosmic dust - it also brought a lawsuit from a Russian astrologer. Marina Bai has sued the U.S. space agency, claiming the Deep Impact probe that punched a crater into the comet Tempel 1 late Sunday "ruins the natural balance of forces in the universe," the newspaper Izvestia reported Tuesday. A Moscow court has postponed hearings on the case until late July, the paper said. ...more... __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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