Sunday, July 3, 2005

#515...on smashing comets

 

Well, those wonderful Astronomy nerds over at NASA are at it again - this time, shooting 820 lb beer barrels at passing snowballs....

listen to the audio bits here -

 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/graphics/deep_impact/flash.htm

and here -

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/graphics/deep_impact/flash.htm

 

ya just gotta love men who reach for the stars...

 

 

 

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Science nerds - I do love them, lol!
xoxo

Anonymous said...

I've just jumped to your journal from the ASYLUM UNPADLOCKED, so this is making Puuuurrrfecttt sense!  Actually, everthing presented there did, also.

I believe I'm ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille!

   

Anonymous said...

[secret:] That little schtunt has messed up my time=machine,
Which i don't have, really. Mean=while, a woman in Russia is
suing the boys for 300 MILLION dollars...'cos they changed
Her ASTROLOGY/future. My Soviet law degree is still actif...

Anonymous said...

and did you notice they said they didn't think they had "significantly" changed the comet's orbit and it "should" be no threat to earth??? Hmmmm...... who's in charge here? judi