Deep Impact

whuppinboy · Post by **whuppinboy** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:42 pm

now this is cool: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepi ... index.html

now that's great trajectory planning

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:54 pm

Trudat!

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:59 pm

Space exploration is utterly pointless.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:39 pm

how so?

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:00 pm

phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=7130

double-post...

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:03 pm

Dedman wrote:Space exploration is utterly pointless.

Sort of like Columbus setting out from Spain in 1492?

Or sort of like Lewis and Clarke Setting out across the "Barren and useless wastelands of America"?

Or maybe like Captain Cook sailing into the Great Southern Ocean?

No, Wait, it's like Marco Polo exploring Eurasia...

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:46 pm

Mobius wrote:
Dedman wrote:Space exploration is utterly pointless.
Sort of like Columbus setting out from Spain in 1492?

Or sort of like Lewis and Clarke Setting out across the "Barren and useless wastelands of America"?

Or maybe like Captain Cook sailing into the Great Southern Ocean?

No, Wait, it's like Marco Polo exploring Eurasia...

Exactly!

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:58 pm

what i don't understand is why they didn't FILM it hitting, instead of just taking still photos.

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 11:34 pm

itd take forever to upload and it would be a huge file to carry on along with all the other systems it needs for a voyage in space

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 12:21 am

The simple act of exploration more often than not accomplishes little or nothing.

But eventually it can and probably will pay off great dividends. Without it we'd all be stuck in Europe and the Middle East.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:25 am