Deep Impact Is Not A P0rn Flick (Show #27)

By Slacker on September 21, 2005 at 11:25 am | In Slacker Astronomy Archival Podcasts |

Castdate: 050920
Title: Deep Impact Is Not A P0rn Flick
Written By: Aaron
Disembodied Voices: Pamela & Travis
Engineered: Travis
Rating: OF: Office Friendly

• Transcript (pdf)
• What the Ground Telescopes Saw During Deep Impact from UniverseToday.com
• Deep Impact probe shows a fragile, empty comet Reuters
• NASA’s Deep Impact Team Releases First Snapshot Of Comet Tempel 1 Science Daily
• Deep Impact probe shows comets are fragile snowballs Pravda
• Deep Impact Web Page JPL
• Videos and Animations JPL
• Bart Discovers a Comet in The Simpsons

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