Far Out! Fireworks Likely When NASA Blows Up Comet

[Chuckiechan]

It's time us Earthlings started getting our money's worth!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050626/D8AVHLEO0.html

[Prexaspes]

Outstanding! We'll be in port for the night!

[Beemer]

The collision is expected to occur around 1:52 a.m. EDT

Hopefully it won't be cloudy on that morning.

Cheers!

[Atomic Rooster]

Oooooohhh....... Aaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

[mateo leet-o]

i'll probably be setting off my own fireworks, my neighbors were yesterday

[sweeper2]

hmmm, I think it will most likely miss....

[Beemer]

It'll be aiming for the sunny side of the comet. It will aim at the centre of a big light. I doubt if it will miss.

Cheers!

[pickel]

If the $333 million mission is successful....

What a waste....

[sweeper2]

hmmm, I think it will most likely miss....

i say again....

[augidog]

you know, i just watched a show "meteor" (can't remember what channel) where a probe was sent up after an asteroid, and when they were through with the observations, they did an un-planned 'landing' on the thing. they even continued to get some data after the crash, and they claim it's still on the surface.

[the mitch]

yeah i saw that too. it was the first time they have been that close to the meteror. it offered them extreme hd photos of the meteror. plus when it landed it kept transmitting.

[Epidemic]

OOPs... I forgot to carry the one.

well the good news was, this comet was not due to hit the earth in 2017, the bad news is that since we whacked it off course a bit it will almost certainly hit us in 2020

[brandon184]

*WRONG THREAD!*

[no1_vern]

As much as I would like to see fireworks, I am betting that NASA's will fail to hit it.

[Beemer]

Scientific exploration is never a waste.

Cheers!

[no1_vern]

Hey can anyone tell me how many lives could have been saved for 333 MILLION american dollars??

Yes I agree that we need the information, but I think that feeding the hungry and healing the sick/dying should take precedence.

[Gomer]

Hey can anyone tell me how many lives could have been saved for 333 MILLION american dollars??

Yes I agree that we need the information, but I think that feeding the hungry and healing the sick/dying should take precedence.

Nothing personal... but what have you ponied up this year?

[butch81385]

Nothing personal... but what have you ponied up this year?

Reality Check - 1, All Talk No Walk - 0

unless of course you are donating, in which case i thank you and let you know that you are one of the few on this earth that realize that life is more important than money

[Chuckiechan]

lives could have been saved for 333 MILLION

Why should the sum total of man's existance be to save lives, and ignore science that has brought an end to famine. Yeah, I know. Except famine in those countries that are run by despots and are out of range of modern agriculture.

How about a tax cut of 333 MILLION DOLLARS?

[no1_vern]

Nothing personal... but what have you ponied up this year?

14% of what I make go to charity/relief work not including FAD nor my volunteer time. My donations to help mankind(as opposed to taxes) are a very small drop in the bucket compared to the millions wasted on this thing. I personally believe that the millions of dollars could have gone to saving thousands of lives.

How about you? How many OTHER PEOPLES CHILDREN must die to learn what a comet will be composed of? How would you feel if it WAS YOUR OWN CHILD??

Why should the sum total of man's existance be to save lives, and ignore science that has brought an end to famine. Yeah, I know. Except famine in those countries that are run by despots and are out of range of modern agriculture.

The MAIN, and many believe ONLY, reason society exists is to assure our SPECIES SURVIVAL. I am NOT saying for us to ignore scientific study, I am saying that lives are more important NOW than anything we will learn NOW from this expensive experiment. While the scientific study of the cosmos needs to be done it, IMO it isnt as important as the ASSURED SURVIVAL of those already living.