Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Deep Impact To Liftoff Today
"A daring scientific mission to smash a washing machine-sized bullet into
the heart of Comet Tempel 1, excavating a stadium-sized crater to reveal
primitive materials left from the solar system's creation for spacecraft
and Earth-based telescopes to observe, is poised for blastoff at 1:47 p.m.
EST (1847 GMT) today aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral,
Florida."
the heart of Comet Tempel 1, excavating a stadium-sized crater to reveal
primitive materials left from the solar system's creation for spacecraft
and Earth-based telescopes to observe, is poised for blastoff at 1:47 p.m.
EST (1847 GMT) today aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral,
Florida."
