Comments on: Deep Impact! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:11:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert Carnegie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5319 Robert Carnegie Mon, 04 Jul 2005 21:44:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5319 Did I correctly hear on BBC coverage that success of the mission was announced in the control room by a tannoy call for more peanuts?? ;-) Re Brian Cox, is it impolitic, or redundant, to mention the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists(TM)? Did I correctly hear on BBC coverage that success of the mission was announced in the control room by a tannoy call for more peanuts?? ;-)

Re Brian Cox, is it impolitic, or redundant, to mention the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists(TM)?

]]> By: Candy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5318 Candy Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:38:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5318 The program *snip* from Sticks was very entertaining! Great job, Phil. The program *snip* from Sticks was very entertaining! Great job, Phil.

]]> By: Avian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5317 Avian Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:50:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5317 My truck's license plate is GORT. Hee hee... What a mission. I had a C08 all ready to go, and Kansas was slammed by the biggest storms of the year last night - what great timing! We're coving all the latest developments at Stars Over Kansas. My truck’s license plate is GORT. Hee hee…

What a mission. I had a C08 all ready to go, and Kansas was slammed by the biggest storms of the year last night – what great timing!

We’re coving all the latest developments at Stars Over Kansas.

]]> By: Roy Batty http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5316 Roy Batty Mon, 04 Jul 2005 10:54:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5316 Good interview Phil! .. just this moment watched it :-) Good interview Phil! .. just this moment watched it :-)

]]> By: mickal555 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5315 mickal555 Mon, 04 Jul 2005 09:13:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5315 I was on paltalk with fellow BABBIlers- it was amazing! The impact was huge! :) . I'm going to try to track it down with my scope(it's an 8" so I hope it gets it) tonight if the clouds behave :) . """ “0345 GMT (11:45 p.m. EDT) A jar of peanuts is being passed around the control room. This is a tradition in which the controllers have a handful for good luck� Even the NASA cannot escape from clutches of superstition. I think its a shame! """ I think it's all in good fun :) P.S. I've got all the images from the NASA TV coverage colected here: http://www.scotsons-shack.com/dimages.htm I was on paltalk with fellow BABBIlers- it was amazing!

The impact was huge! :) .

I’m going to try to track it down with my scope(it’s an 8″ so I hope it gets it) tonight if the clouds behave :) .

“”"
“0345 GMT (11:45 p.m. EDT)
A jar of peanuts is being passed around the control room. This is a tradition in which the controllers have a handful for good luck�

Even the NASA cannot escape from clutches of superstition. I think its a shame!
“”"
I think it’s all in good fun :)

P.S.
I’ve got all the images from the NASA TV coverage colected here: http://www.scotsons-shack.com/dimages.htm

]]> By: Patrick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Patrick Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:51:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5314 Just got back from the Denver Museum of Natural History....They had engineers from Ball, and some scientists from CU talking about it, and NASA tv during the impact. It was amazing... Just got back from the Denver Museum of Natural History….They had engineers from Ball, and some scientists from CU talking about it, and NASA tv during the impact. It was amazing…

]]> By: Ajith http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/comment-page-1/#comment-5313 Ajith Mon, 04 Jul 2005 03:57:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2005/07/03/deep-impact/#comment-5313 "0345 GMT (11:45 p.m. EDT) A jar of peanuts is being passed around the control room. This is a tradition in which the controllers have a handful for good luck" Even the NASA cannot escape from clutches of superstition. I think its a shame! “0345 GMT (11:45 p.m. EDT)
A jar of peanuts is being passed around the control room. This is a tradition in which the controllers have a handful for good luck”

Even the NASA cannot escape from clutches of superstition. I think its a shame!

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