Thursday, January 13, 2005
If We're Lucky, the Comet Will Be Filled With Creamy Nougat
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft lifted off successfully on Wednesday, the start of a mission to research the composition of Comet Tempel 1. Once it gets close enough, the spacecraft will deploy an "impactor" to blast a football stadium-sized crater into the comet. Deep Impact is a particularly historic mission, because it marks the first time a spacecraft has been named after a crappy movie. Source
