wasteful government spending??

Ok, guys. Read your posts and obviously about 90% are in favor of this
probe. I expected that. Now, I shall return to my realm of silence and
continue to observe that which can be observed.

Good day,
Jason

"Jason Fargo" wrote in message
nk.net...
Sorry, but that's how I see the latest probe sent up that's going to crash
into a comet. A huge cost for something like that! I can't see how
something like this can be justified other than NOT doing it at all in the
first place. Yes, there is a lot of wasteful spending out there, but this
probe is just so blatantly obvious!

Jason Fargo

Jason Fargo wrote:
Ok, guys. Read your posts and obviously about 90% are in favor of this
probe. I expected that. Now, I shall return to my realm of silence and
continue to observe that which can be observed.

Good day,
Jason

You shall return to your realm of silence?
You shall return to your realm of silence?

I'm going back to my Fortress of Solitude for some pizza. Wanna come?

Uncle Bob

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John Steinberg wrote:

Greg Crinklaw wrote:

I really enjoyed the hollow gesture where you appear to care about
me
and my happiness.

To the contrary, I care. Really I do. Perhaps I care too much.
Listen, you get high marks for your astro software and that in and of
itself is enough reason to care. But more importantly you come off as
*such* a miserable **** here, and that, to me, says you're a very
unhappy guy. I feel your pain, Craig.

Why are you so unhappy? Trouble at home? Something else? Perhaps I
can help? I'm a very good listener and have years of experience
dealing
with a wide array of issues.

Perhaps this may explain?

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...166ca9aec4641/

wrote:

Perhaps this may explain?

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...ad/f06166ca9ae
c4641/

Well, that is very sad reading indeed-- if true.

--
-John Steinberg
email: lid

I'm sorry for interupting this ****ing contest but I know how to settle it. NASA does not get enough money to do much of what they need to do so when they get some they use it for what ever they want. If the US government gave you a cool billion in change and said "now dont blow it all in one place" ,would you? Its NASA's money let them spend it on firecrackers and hookers if they want. Plus NASA has'nt blown anything up on perpose for a while, how cool would that be for a job? They are getting paid for it not you. They win you lose, end of disscution.

Anyway I read somewhere here that we may see the after-effects on earth. It would be a sudden change in the tail or coma would it not. And at magnatude of 10 which I belive it should be at, how big of a telescope sould be used to see it?

wrote:
John Steinberg wrote:


Greg Crinklaw wrote:


I really enjoyed the hollow gesture where you appear to care about

me

and my happiness.

To the contrary, I care. Really I do. Perhaps I care too much.
Listen, you get high marks for your astro software and that in and of
itself is enough reason to care. But more importantly you come off as
*such* a miserable **** here, and that, to me, says you're a very
unhappy guy. I feel your pain, Craig.

Why are you so unhappy? Trouble at home? Something else? Perhaps I
can help? I'm a very good listener and have years of experience

dealing

with a wide array of issues.


Perhaps this may explain?

[snipped]

John, your presumptuousness knows no bounds.

So, what's the point of all this? Am I a celebrity now? Is this like
those tabloids that print lies about the rich and famous? Wow! I
didn't know I meant so much to some people that they would go to the
trouble to even have an opinion about me, much less go to such great
lengths.

Iceman-Jamie wrote:

Anyway I read somewhere here that we may see the after-effects on
earth. It would be a sudden change in the tail or coma would it not.
And at magnatude of 10 which I belive it should be at, how big of a
telescope sould be used to see it?

There's no way to answer that question until nearer to the time when the
impact occurs. The integrated magnitude and appearance of a comet can
vary greatly and the detectability depends not only on the integrated
magnitude but on the apparent size of the coma and how diffuse it is.
So we'll have to wait until this summer to be able to predict how small
a telescope will be needed to see it (based on observations at the time).

My guess at this point is that it should be visible in an 8-inch;
perhaps smaller. And after the impact--who knows? It may brighten
visibly or it may not.

My Comet Chasing page keeps track of the visibility of this and any comet:

http://www.skyhound.com/sh/comets.html

Clear skies,
Greg

--
Greg Crinklaw
Astronomical Software Developer
Cloudcroft, New Mexico, USA (33N, 106W, 2700m)

SkyTools Software for the Observer:
http://www.skyhound.com/cs.html

Skyhound Observing Pages:
http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html

To reply have a physician remove your spleen

Brian Tung wrote:

Maybe if the spaceship were to land on the comet and do a chemical
analysis there, people wouldn't see it as wasteful. But as others have
commented, why do something high tech when you can get as much using
low tech for less money?


I think the chemical analysis is done by the "parent" craft when it
flies through the debris the "bullet" creates after impact. At least
that is my understanding of it, I could be wrong.

--
-Sayf

"John Steinberg" wrote in message
...
wrote:

Perhaps this may explain?


http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...read/f06166ca9
ae
c4641/

Well, that is very sad reading indeed-- if true.

John,

I think you brought up a very good point here. The truth is that I am
*almost* in that situation myself, except my "job" of 15 years left me a
year ago. Since then, I have been seeking other employment, but who is
going to hire someone close to 50 years old who hopes to "retire" from it.
No one! So, I also, take the trash out in the wee early morning hours and
hope I don't run into the umpteenth question of why I'm not working.

Maybe the fellow in question is a lot like myself and doesn't want to be
seen because he doesn't want to answer all the questions. I certainly
don't.

Jason


--
-John Steinberg
email: lid