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If you think it is something bad...Gotcha. Nope it is just another example of great things done by the USA. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pa....html

I tried to watch it live from the NASA Channel, but fell asleep 45 mins. before the probe collided with the comet.Images taken from the impactor: http://www.nasa.gov/mov/121493...h.mov

Quote, originally posted by rasermon »I tried to watch it live from the NASA Channel, but fell asleep 45 mins. before the probe collided with the comet.I did the same. Saw the video today though. How many millions of miles away was this??? Absolutely incredible.

Quote, originally posted by cohocarl » How many millions of miles away was this??? Absolutely incredible. Only 83 million miles away and roaring at 23,000 mph. Quote, originally posted by silverawd26 » It is pretty amazing..... I wonder how much they spent? $333 million mission. Pocket money.

Now THAT, my friends, truly was a belligerent waste of tax dollars.We can't give NY the money it needs (STILL) to recover from 9/11, but hey, let's go crash some stuff in space!

WE SAW IT!My son and I are members of a local astronomy club. We went to our observing site out in the desert last night to watch it. This is a very dim comet, with our 8" scope in a dark sky location we could just barely make it out at first. We were streaming JPL audio over wireless internet. Shortly after the impact, the comet actually got brighter. Enough that when we looked we could actually see a pinpoint of light, where before there was just a dim fuzzy spot. After a while (maybe 40 minutes or so) the image began to grow dimmer again.Very cool mission, hopefully will get some good science by analyzing the impact.

Good job, that is something your son will remember for the rest of his life.

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