[meteorite-list] Your Name Could Make a 'Deep Impact' on a Comet
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:37 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV7565Rn8P5o700000f02_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C315CB.F2CBE920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks Ron. That's a pretty cool link to a free service that ends with a= printable certificate (and only takes a moment). Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Baalke Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:45 PM To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Your Name Could Make a 'Deep Impact' on a Comet MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov =20 DC Agle (818) 393-9011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. =20 Donald Savage (202) 358-1727 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. =20 =20 Lee Tune (301) 405-4679 University of Maryland, College Park News Release: 2003-070 May 8, 2003 Your Name Could Make a 'Deep Impact' on a Comet People worldwide may celebrate July 4, 2005, as the day their names reach a comet. NASA is launching a campaign to send hundreds of thousands of names to comet Tempel 1. The names will be carried on board NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, the first deep-space mission designed to really reach out and touch a comet. Mission scientists are confident an impact on a comet's nucleus will answer basic questions about the nature and composition of these celestial wanderers. "This is an opportunity to become part of an extraordinary space mission," said Dr. Don Yeomans, an astronomer at JPL and a member of Deep Impact's science team. "When the craft is launched in December 2004, yours and the names of your loved-ones can hitch along for the ride and be part of what may be the best space fireworks show in history." Deep Impact's larger flyby spacecraft will carry a smaller impactor spacecraft to Tempel 1 for release into the comet's path for a planned collision. The flyby spacecraft will take pictures as the 370-kilogram (816 pound) copper-tipped impactor plunges into Tempel 1 at about 37,000 kilometers (22,990 miles) per hour. The impactor is expected to make a spectacular, football field-sized crater, seven to 15 stories deep, in the speeding comet. Carried aboard the impactor will be a standard mini-CD containing the names of comet, space and other enthusiasts from around the world. "This campaign will allow people from around the world to become directly involved with Deep Impact and through that get them thinking about the scientific reasons for the mission," said University of Maryland astronomy professor Dr. Michael A'Hearn, Deep Impact's principal investigator. "We particularly hope to capture the interest of young students, as they will become the explorers of the next generation." People may submit their names for this historic one-way mission by visiting NASA's Deep Impact Web site, now through February 2004, at http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/ . The collision between the impactor and Tempel 1 is not forceful enough to make an appreciable change in the comet's orbital path around the Sun. The comet poses no threat to Earth. Deep Impact was selected in 1999 as a NASA Discovery mission. The goal of the Discovery Program is to launch many smaller missions with fast development times, each for a fraction of the cost of NASA's larger missions. The main objective is to enhance our understanding of the solar system by exploring the planets, their moons, and small bodies, such as comets and asteroids. The University of Maryland in College Park is the home of Deep Impact's principal investigator, Michael A'Hearn, who oversees scientific investigations. Project manager, John McNamee, from JPL, manages and operates the Deep Impact mission for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is managed for NASA by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation in Boulder, Colo., manages spacecraft development. More information about the Deep Impact mission is available on the Internet at http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/ or http://deepimpact.umd.edu . For information about NASA and other space flight missions on the Internet, visit http://www.nasa.gov . -end- ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C315CB.F2CBE920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Thanks Ron.&nb= sp; That's a pretty cool link to a free service that ends with a printabl= e certificate (and only takes a moment).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mar= k</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDIN= G-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIG= HT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</D= IV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B= >From:</B> Ron Baalke</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> = Thursday, May 08, 2003 11:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>= To:</B> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10p= t Arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Your Name Could Make a 'Deep Im= pact' on a Comet</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR><BR>MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE<BR= >JET PROPULSION LABORATORY<BR>CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY<BR>NATIO= NAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION<BR>PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91109. T= ELEPHONE (818) 354-5011<BR>http://www.jpl.nasa.gov <BR><BR>DC Agle &= nbsp; (818) 393-9011<BR>Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. = &= nbsp; <BR><BR>Donal= d Savage (202) 358-1727<BR>NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. = ; = &= nbsp; <BR> &nb= sp; &nbs= p;  = ; = <BR>Lee Tune (301) 405-4679<BR>University of Maryland,= College Park<BR><BR>News Release: 2003-070 = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; May 8, 2003<BR><BR>Your Name Could Make a 'Deep Impact' = on a Comet<BR><BR>People worldwide may celebrate July 4, 2005, as the day= their names<BR>reach a comet. NASA is launching a campaign to send hundr= eds of<BR>thousands of names to comet Tempel 1.<BR><BR>The names will be = carried on board NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft, the<BR>first deep-space m= ission designed to really reach out and touch a<BR>comet. Mission scienti= sts are confident an impact on a comet's nucleus<BR>will answer basic que= stions about the nature and composition of these<BR>celestial wanderers.<= BR><BR>"This is an opportunity to become part of an extraordinary space<B= R>mission," said Dr. Don Yeomans, an astronomer at JPL and a member of<BR= >Deep Impact's science team. "When the craft is launched in December<BR>2= 004, yours and the names of your loved-ones can hitch along for the<BR>ri= de and be part of what may be the best space fireworks show in<BR>history= ."<BR><BR>Deep Impact's larger flyby spacecraft will carry a smaller impa= ctor<BR>spacecraft to Tempel 1 for release into the comet's path for a pl= anned<BR>collision. The flyby spacecraft will take pictures as the 370-ki= logram<BR>(816 pound) copper-tipped impactor plunges into Tempel 1 at abo= ut<BR>37,000 kilometers (22,990 miles) per hour. The impactor is expected= to<BR>make a spectacular, football field-sized crater, seven to 15 stori= es<BR>deep, in the speeding comet. Carried aboard the impactor will be a<= BR>standard mini-CD containing the names of comet, space and other<BR>ent= husiasts from around the world.<BR><BR>"This campaign will allow people f= rom around the world to become<BR>directly involved with Deep Impact and = through that get them thinking<BR>about the scientific reasons for the mi= ssion," said University of<BR>Maryland astronomy professor Dr. Michael A'= Hearn, Deep Impact's<BR>principal investigator. "We particularly hope to = capture the interest<BR>of young students, as they will become the explor= ers of the next<BR>generation."<BR><BR>People may submit their names for = this historic one-way mission by<BR>visiting NASA's Deep Impact Web site,= now through February 2004, at<BR>http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/ .= <BR><BR>The collision between the impactor and Tempel 1 is not forceful e= nough<BR>to make an appreciable change in the comet's orbital path around= the<BR>Sun. The comet poses no threat to Earth.<BR><BR>Deep Impact was s= elected in 1999 as a NASA Discovery mission. The goal<BR>of the Discovery= Program is to launch many smaller missions with fast<BR>development time= s, each for a fraction of the cost of NASA's larger<BR>missions. The main= objective is to enhance our understanding of the<BR>solar system by expl= oring the planets, their moons, and small bodies,<BR>such as comets and a= steroids.<BR><BR>The University of Maryland in College Park is the home o= f Deep<BR>Impact's principal investigator, Michael A'Hearn, who oversees<= BR>scientific investigations. Project manager, John McNamee, from JPL,<BR= >manages and operates the Deep Impact mission for NASA's Office of<BR>Spa= ce Science, Washington, D.C. JPL is managed for NASA by the<BR>California= Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Ball Aerospace &<BR>Technologie= s Corporation in Boulder, Colo., manages spacecraft<BR>development.<BR><B= R>More information about the Deep Impact mission is available on the<BR>I= nternet at http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/ or<BR>http://deepimpact.= umd.edu .<BR><BR>For information about NASA and other space flight missio= ns on the<BR>Internet, visit http://www.nasa.gov .<BR><BR>-end-<BR><BR><B= R>______________________________________________<BR>Meteorite-list mailin= g list<BR>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR>http://www.pairlist.net/= mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0001_01C315CB.F2CBE920-- Received on Fri 09 May 2003 02:40:19 AM PDT |
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