Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Crash, Bang



I stayed up on Sunday night and watched the Deep Impact probe crash into Comet Tempel 1. It's pretty fucking amazing if you think about it, like shooting a speeding bullet into another speeding bullet, several hundred thousand miles away. Gotta hand it to Newtonian physics - they're still holding up strong.

And every story has a touch of humor right? I remember reading a couple months back that some Russian astrologer lady had announced that she would sue NASA to the tune of $300 million (the cost of the mission) if they went ahead with the program and altered the comet's current state of existence. You know, because the comet's well-being affected her well-being here on good old Earth. Cosmic radiation and shit. Anyway, looks like she's gonna go ahead and go for the gold after all.

I love people.

4 Comments:

At 11:13 AM, July 06, 2005, Blogger John Landry said...

no joke, this is happening. as i search for the reasons behind this. i ask what the hell good is sueing going to do? maybe it will give her enough money to buy that super vibrator that lasts 8 hours instead of her crappy 2 hour model. i mean it sounds like she's just not being satisfied in some manner. hmmmm, i bet she's dating a kappa sig.

LT

 
At 5:38 PM, July 06, 2005, Blogger Richard said...

I'll crash my probe into her comet.

 
At 10:57 PM, July 06, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

she should aim for the Moby 5 its got a kick start and a deisel generator. Its the best on the market.

 
At 8:39 AM, July 07, 2005, Anonymous Anonymous said...

As far as my money goes, the Anal Intruder with the optional fist attachment is what makes my money go. But beware of using it in Europe, they use 440 volts over there.

(if you know the movie this references, you're the bomb!)

 

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