NASA - Deep Impact
A real life "Deep Impact" mission to a commet can be found here: NASA
- Deep Impact. Unlike the Hollywood movie by the same name, where
Robert Duvall pilots a modified space shuttle full of astronauts to a
commet on a collision course with earth, the "Deep Impact" mission
will make contact with the comet on the Fourth of July, and will be
made up of unmanned space craft.
Also unlike the movie, which attempted to blow-up a comet using
nuclear warheads, the NASA Deep Impact space craft will simply collide
with the commet at a speed of approx. 6 miles per second. Though there
are no explosive charges on the space craft, NASA believe it might
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