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Originally Posted by Z28Jerry
Seems that there is a conspiracy of sorts brewing over this comet. Apparently, that evil organization, NASA, is up to it's old tricks again, lol.
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"Some have suggested that the reason for Comet Holmes sudden brightening means it was impacted by an asteroid or that NASA shot an explosive device into it as they did with the Tempel Comet in 2005. Many are questioning the coincidence of the Space Shuttle launch occurring within hours of the sudden change in appearance of the comet..."
http://www.americanchronicle.com/art...rticleID=41508 |
Aaah! The stupidity! - It burns!
It took about 20 seconds to find that the comet is about 150 million miles, or 240 million km, from Earth. So NASA covered that distance in a few hours? That works out to only about a thousand times faster than the fastest man-made object ever (New Horizons). Speaking of which, why didn't we just use that technology to get to Pluto in a week instead of almost a decade?