Deep Impact Realtime Thread |
Deep Impact Realtime Thread |
Jul 4 2005, 04:52 AM
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Well - impactor TCM 1 went well - <0.3% error and it's on course for a nominal impact time. PI has suggested that the comet is Banana shaped and we're going to hit the end of it which looks a little triangular
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Jul 5 2005, 04:21 AM
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As for an extended mission to a second comet; I carefully examined that statement at the press onference, and it definitely isn't a disavowal of it -- it's just a statement that whether or not they do it depends on whether they can scrounge the money from NASA. (I think they'd be fools not to, especially given the failure of CONTOUR and the fact that the DI spacecraft can spend most of its cruise time to the second comet in hibernation mode to save money.)
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