Comments on: Watching DART impact asteroid on September 26, 2022

By: Jeff Wright

Jeff Wright — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 09:45:28 +0000

6:14 Central

Now to have some photoshopper put it on the Enterprise Bridge view screen with Sulu looking over his shoulder and the other bridge crew holding their hands up to the flash.

By: GaryMike

GaryMike — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 03:24:07 +0000

Personally, I’m far less concerned about asteroid impact than I am about politically motivated aggression.

I’m seeing this as an interesting test of future weaponry.

No one can argue that that is not lost on a lot of other folks, in a lot of other countries, too.

Rocks can grind grains and smash skulls. It’s always been that way, our way.

By: Andi

Andi — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 01:24:17 +0000

Brings back memories of Ranger 7. Somewhere I have a series of pictures that it took as it approached the Moon, with transmission of the final picture interrupted by it crashing into the Moon.

By: Ray Van Dune

Ray Van Dune — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:55:24 +0000

Well, I think they did better than “Kewl!”, but the authors of the article certainly emphasized the “Gee-whiz” at the expense of anything scientific. I left a comment at the link that basically suggested that people who read these articles aren’t usually scared to death of numbers!

By: Col Beausabre

Col Beausabre — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:28:07 +0000

Proof that scientists are kids who never grew up “Let’s see if we can hit this flyspeck 7 million miles away” “On, kewl, man!” Bevis and Butthead, call your office