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Geek Culture / NASA plans to crash $30billion probe.. deliberately this time!

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 02:03
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Yup, NASA are finally using thier skills for the good of knowlage heh.
Alright seriously, they're releasing a new specially designed probe in order to crash it into a Comet to find out what it is made up of, and how we can hope to defend ourselves if 'armageddon' actually came true.

The Probe it due to hit the Comet on Independance Day. It is quite an exciting time considering what this can spell for the scientific community as it isn't often we get a chance to actually study this stuff up-close so to speak.

http://www.nasa.gov / http://www.bbc.co.uk
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bitJericho
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O_O w00t


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Teh Go0rfmeister
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yeh, they want it to smash in making a crater and dust flies out everywhere, this dust is what the probes instruments will examine

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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If it works, that is...

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MikeyP
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We just watched the live launch over in IRC... Was a good show!
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Jimmy
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yeah, when they jettisoned the smaller rockets... that was sweet...

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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dammit i missed it by a few mins

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Newbie Brogo
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 05:17
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Why not just throw the $30 billion at the crater... or give me the money, and throw me at it...



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Quote: "throw me at it..."

You wouldn't last long...

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Jimmy
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 05:23
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Actually, a friend of mine took a look at their calculations and they're off by 3 cat lengths.

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Teh Go0rfmeister
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is that the length of a cat on earth or in outer space?

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Mx5 kris
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duh, space


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Newbie Brogo
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Philip
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 08:27
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US$30bn???

Raven, thats an incredibly inaccurate figure. The actual mission cost is US$330m. About 1/100th of what you've just quoted.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/space/01/12/deep.impact.ap/index.html

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Philip
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Although, that said, I'm planning to undertake a similar scientific mission myself. I'm going to crash my neighbour's car into the wall to see what damage it causes.

The cost of this mission is GB£50 squillion billion trillion million pounds. [1]

[1] Actual cost of this mission is only £10000 for a new car.

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Wiggett
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jeeze why on earth would they make such a costly mission, haven't they seen stargate?! all they gotta do is get sg1 to retrieve and repair a broken transport ship, then fly it home land it on the asteroid and take samples, then they can land on a planet and gate home, simple! and if a problem occurs where the earth is in danger, sg1 can laugh it off because they've already diverted one asteroid, whats another gonna do. then they will have a moments silence for the good lady doctor.

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Sol462
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Quote: "the good lady doctor"

you mean the kind im thinking of or that chick on sg1?

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DrakeX
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the SG1 chick.

watch them try to crash this thing and completely miss the target this time.

"when it's done" means "we have no idea, we forgot to do that; we were hoping you would all forget we promised <insert exotic promise here>"
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Newbie Brogo
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 10:56
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Mysterious Voice in headset: No! Aim it to the left! No! The other left! Arrrrrrg!

Me / Person aiming probe: Rofl, that dog was Pwnz0rd!



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Clueless
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 13:49
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Dude! (Dudette?)

Try crashing an accuracy comet into that budget listed in the thread title, and lop off a bunch of zeros:

http://legislative.nasa.gov/hearings/FY%202004%20SOK%20posture%20stmt%20FINAL1.pdf
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Shadow Robert
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4162869.stm

well whatever it cost (given i heard the figure on the news in the background while working), it's still one hell of alot of money.
especially if all they're going to do is crash it into a big 'rock'.
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Mr Underhill
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Posted: 13th Jan 2005 15:40
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Quote: "No! Aim it to the left! No! The other left! Arrrrrrg!"

ROFL, that was such a good movie...

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Yes ... yes you American fools! Spend the money. Damage the economy. Keep the pound strong!!!!

*Fallout rubs his hands together mischeviously as he eyes up the US electricals on ebay and the mighty pound->dollar exchange rate*

*Cackles of evility and greedility*



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bitJericho
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don't ya get it, we're gonna land on a comet! That's gonna bring back some fantastic piccys for me desktop!!


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Peter H
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Quote: "Yes ... yes you American fools! Spend the money. Damage the economy. Keep the pound strong!!!!

*Fallout rubs his hands together mischeviously as he eyes up the US electricals on ebay and the mighty pound->dollar exchange rate*

*Cackles of evility and greedility*
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lol..you guys actually think they are "crashing" on it

of course they are just deploying a nuclear missile launching base (so they can blow englands PANTS OFF!! )

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Mx5 kris
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It will make me rich...mining the comet of course, then selling it to europe, make millions of of old stinky rocks, and then the us dollar exchange rates will come to the "US" side of the force(currently under the Dark Side).MUHAHAHAHAHAHHA.*cough cough, weeze, Dies*


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Ian T
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Posted: 14th Jan 2005 06:30 Edited at: 14th Jan 2005 07:12
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My computer cost me one million dollars to build.

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Philip
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Mouse, YOUR computer would cost YOU one million dollars to build.

Philip

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Ian T
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Sorry

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Quote: "Yes ... yes you American fools! Spend the money. Damage the economy. Keep the pound strong!!!! "


Well, problem is, sometimes these probes miss their targets and come tumbling down (like the ESO Mars missions, for example ) Can't really predict where they're going to land, but rumor has it all the CIA employees are dumping their British Telecom stock for pennies on the dollar (schillings on the pound? cents on the euro?)

Seriously though, a mission to a comet has incredible benefit to mankind. If they turn out to be the big snowballs we believe them to be, just imagine how much beer can be kept cold
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