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post #1 of 7
11/4/10 at 1:01pm
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Really cool:



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(CNN) -- A spacecraft survived the closest encounter ever with a comet on Thursday, tracking it just 435 miles (700 kilometers) from the comet's nucleus.

Mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, broadcast live coverage of the event on NASA Television's Media Channel.

The agency's EPOXI spacecraft is expected to acquire data with two imagers and an infrared instrument of a comet named Hartley 2 as it traveled at speeds of more than 27,000 mph (43,450 kph).

Scientists are still working to determine if there was any damage to the spacecraft as the comet passed by. They hope to learn more about comets from images detailing the close approach.
I can't wait to see more pictures from this.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ex.html?hpt=C1
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post #2 of 7
11/4/10 at 3:03pm
Very cool! Even with all the advancements in space photography, to just matter of factly see a close up photo of a comet show up on CHUD is kind of mind blowing

PS I am relieved to find out this thread is not for some new Tunguska style incident
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post #3 of 7
11/4/10 at 5:21pm
Wow. Reminds me of the original ALIEN poster!
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post #4 of 7
11/4/10 at 5:25pm
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Originally Posted by Princess Kate View Post
Even with all the advancements in space photography, to just matter of faculty see a close up photo of a comet show up on CHUD is kind of mind blowing
You know the term is "matter of factly", right? Too funny.

And, yes, this is an amazing story.
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post #5 of 7
11/4/10 at 5:31pm
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You know the term is "matter of factly", right? Too funny.

And, yes, this is an amazing story.
Mattioli,

I have used the phrase matter of factly correctly many times. My iPod Touch apparently automatically "corrects" factly to faculty.
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post #6 of 7
11/4/10 at 5:33pm
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Originally Posted by Mattioli View Post
You know the term is "matter of factly", right? Too funny.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133751/

She's a big fan and just can't help herself.
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post #7 of 7
11/9/10 at 12:01pm
NASA was very cool and smart with this: they did alive internet feed so you could watch as the data came into JPL. Love the pics. Awesome time we live in when the wallpaper on my computer can be a picture of a comet.
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