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Oct 9 2009, 02:19 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8784 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
T minus 9 hrs. 10 min till impact. NASA TV coverage begins @ 1015 GMT (0315 PDT). Link to coverage here.
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Oct 9 2009, 10:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 315 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 1206 |
Surely what might be useful at a press conference would be to show:
1) The Deep Impact images (yes, apples to oranges comparison, but stay with me) 2) The Smart 1 impact movie (from memory hardly any flash, but clearly visible material in a ballistic trajectory, and yes, I know that was a glancing impact from a smaller impactor) ...and just go - "look, we really didn't know what to expect, we are as surprised as you are about the lack of a visible flash, but its that very uncertainty that has brought us here in the first place, this is still a mysterious area and we are trying to probe those mysteries. And you were/are along for the ride, we are all learning new things at the same time" P |
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