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theclarificator55555
To clarify my view I need at least to know if this 6 tail object is near the comet Ison path or no, first. Does you have any data that point me on that direction?
cloaked4u
Here is a curious question. Why would they name the sat DEEP IMPACT? Unless they thought it would hit somthing, so they sent out a probe to take a closer looksee. I would like to know what happened to it just before the blackout.
Deep Impact is a NASA space probe launched on January 12, 2005. It was designed to study the interior composition of the comet 9P/Tempel, by releasing an impactor into the comet. At 5:52 UTC on July 4, 2005, the impactor successfully collided with the comet's nucleus. The impact excavated debris from the interior of the nucleus, allowing photographs of the impact crater. The photographs showed the comet to be more dusty and less icy than had been expected. The impact generated a large and bright dust cloud, which unexpectedly obscured the view of the impact crater.
tsurfer2000h
reply to post by Tallone
Have you heard of the electric universe theories?
You see the problem is that they are just theories and don't actually have evidence to back the claim.
Heck I have theories about unicorns, but that doesn't mean my theories are the truth.
cloaked4u
So is the impactor device still connected to the sat by cord?
that means they will be taking samples to be braught back to earth with the sat
cloaked4u
reply to post by eriktheawful
So is the impactor device still connected to the sat by cord? If so, that means they are now tracking it in real time. Not only that, that means they will be taking samples to be braught back to earth with the sat. hitching a short ride to earth. Hope they don't push any rocket buttons to change coarse of comet with the impactor still connected to the sat. Why don't they steer it away from the sun and earth all together and save us if any grief period.
healthy debate. That is what I am all about.
applesthateatpeople
tsurfer2000h
reply to post by Tallone
Have you heard of the electric universe theories?
You see the problem is that they are just theories and don't actually have evidence to back the claim.
Heck I have theories about unicorns, but that doesn't mean my theories are the truth.
Kind of like Einstein's THEORY of Relativity...
...or Darwin's THEORY of evolution...
Right?
Tallone
reply to post by charlyv
Parasuv0 don't even bother with this one. He's just funning ya. Arn't you now Charlyv.
Charlyv, you know very well you can't prove a negative. An inability to prove something is proof of nothing. Better luck with your next attempt.
hellobruce
cloaked4u
So is the impactor device still connected to the sat by cord?
read the wiki page posted.... What makes you think it was connected by a cord 500km long?
that means they will be taking samples to be braught back to earth with the sat
The impactor was moving at 37,000 km/h when it hit, so how do you think it can collect samples?
eriktheawful
It basically boils down to this:
MSM is in the business to sell news. Even though many of us rarely pay for news to access MSM websites, they still get paid by advertisers, etc.
That means they need to attract readers. How to do that? Why by having sensational news to put out.
When C/2012 S1 was first discovered, all the speculation about it being brighter than the moon, etc, was sensational news to be sold by the MSM. That speculation would attract readers. But even if the predictions of ISON being as bright as the moon, etc, etc, had panned out, there is no way in the world the MSM was going to spend over a year peddling that news. It does not capture the attention of the average Joe on the street. Doesn't mater how much some of us may find any tid bit of news about ISON interesting, we are in a vast minority.
Government Shutdowns, Chemical Attacks in Syria, American Embassies being attacked, ObamaCare.....THOSE are the news articles that sell news.
Now, if ISON were headed dangerously close to Earth, then yes, MSM would be screaming their heads off (fear sells news).
eriktheawful
cloaked4u
reply to post by eriktheawful
So is the impactor device still connected to the sat by cord? If so, that means they are now tracking it in real time. Not only that, that means they will be taking samples to be braught back to earth with the sat. hitching a short ride to earth. Hope they don't push any rocket buttons to change coarse of comet with the impactor still connected to the sat. Why don't they steer it away from the sun and earth all together and save us if any grief period.
What in the world are you talking about? Did you even bother to read the article I linked to?
No, the impactor device from DI was not attached with a cord. The mission was to impact with the comet's surface, photographing as it happened to study the plume and the crater that was made. Not bring back material from the coment, and certainly not trying to change the course of the comet.
The energy required to change the course of a comet the size of 9P/Temple would require a much larger impactor (bigger then the entire probe).
AlphaHawk
reply to post by Tallone
healthy debate. That is what I am all about.
Please don't lie to the good members of ATS, clearly you aren't interested in a healthy debate about ISON.