yup. this should be very interesting...
they launched a copper reinforced projectile from a spacecraft very early this morning.
its expected to hit at 1:52am eastern pacific time.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/de...ain/index.html
they are expecting for the projectile to just desintegrate upon a 23 000 mph impact. while doing so, the mothership will be taking pictures and sending them back to earth.
oh yeah. i'm staying up for this.
you should be able to view the asteroid from earth if you have a good teleschope. however... i can't seem to find the coordinates.
thumbs up to humanity and its neverending quest to explore.
tempel 1 is gonna eat it
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