[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Comet Encounter News Conference

From: cdtucson at cox.net <cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:46:22 -0500
Message-ID: <20101115164622.60I8Y.84619.imail_at_fed1rmwml31>

List,
I wonder if these new images will shed new light on the definition of what a comet is?
Typically the description includes the words frozen and ice in some form. But clearly based on the close-up visual images. It seems that this thing is far from being ice. In fact to me it appears to look more like a fiery hot briquette about ready to throw the steaks on to. It seems from the photos that this thing is fully lit from the inside core to the surface. And could not possibly consist of ice in any of it's forms melted or frozen. Well, maybe the surface stays wet and cold but the inside is far from cold.
Hopefully this conference will alert us all with an update as to what we hunters need to be looking for. Because clearly it aint Ice. That's for sure. But I am dying to find out what it is after all! It seems to me we should be looking for melted stuff. Really really melted stuff. Has anyone heard yet what they plan to say the interior is made up of?
My 2 more cents.
Carl

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Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- Ron Baalke <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: 
> 
> 
> Nov. 15, 2010
> 
> Dwayne Brown 
> Headquarters, Washington      
> 202-358-1726 
> dwayne.c.brown at nasa.gov 
> 
> Jia-Rui Cook 
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
> 818-354-0850 
> jccook at jpl.nasa.gov 
> 
> Lee Tune 
> University of Maryland, College Park 
> 301-405-4679 
> ltune at umd.edu   
> 
> 
> MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-161
> 
> NASA ANNOUNCES COMET ENCOUNTER NEWS CONFERENCE
> 
> WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EST on 
> Thursday, Nov. 18, to discuss new scientific findings from the recent 
> EPOXI mission spacecraft encounter with comet Hartley 2. 
> 
> The news conference will originate from the NASA Headquarters 
> auditorium at 300 E St. SW in Washington. It will be carried live on 
> NASA Television. 
> 
> Media representatives may attend the conference, ask questions by 
> phone or from participating NASA locations. To RSVP or obtain dial-in 
> information, journalists must send their name, affiliation and 
> telephone number to Steve Cole at stephen.e.cole at nasa.gov or call 
> 202-358-0918 by 11 a.m. EST on Nov. 18. 
> 
> The news conference participants are: 
> -- Michael A'Hearn, EPOXI principal investigator, University of 
> Maryland 
> -- Jessica Sunshine, EPOXI deputy principal investigator, University 
> of Maryland 
> -- Tim Larson, EPOXI project manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 
> Pasadena, Calif. 
> -- Pete Schultz, EPOXI scientist, Brown University 
> 
> NASA's EPOXI spacecraft successfully flew past comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 
> 4, providing scientists the most extensive observations of a comet in 
> history. 
> 
> For NASA TV streaming video and downlink information, visit: 
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/ntv 
> 
> For more information about NASA's EPOXI mission visit: 
> 
> http://www.nasa.gov/epoxi 
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