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Graysith



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posted 08-18-2000 10:27 AM     Profile for Graysith   Author's Homepage   Email Graysith     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
OK everyone, this subject is a bit closer to home than comets or meteors or such. George Lucas has given us TIE-fighters... ie: fighter craft whose propulsion systems are the infamous "Twin Ion Engines," which you all know. Well, did you know that this type of propulsion engine is a reality? Yup! NASA first tested this in 1959, and has recently perfected these engines using xenon gas. Currently, we have "Deep Space Probe 1" en route to a 2001 rendezvous with Comet Borelly; this probe is propelled by an ion engine. For more info, go to: http://spacescience.com/headlines/y2000/ast15jun_1.htm

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Anakin



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posted 08-18-2000 06:03 PM     Profile for Anakin   Author's Homepage   Email Anakin     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
So, it's gonna land on a comet? That's kinda neat. Or, have they already had probes land on comets? Well, I'd like to see pictures from the surface of a comet...and not ones from the movie "Armagedon"

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Graysith



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posted 08-18-2000 06:10 PM     Profile for Graysith   Author's Homepage   Email Graysith     Send New Private Message   Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote
I don't think it's going to actually land on the comet itself, just perhaps swing close, go through it's tail, gather data and zap it back to earth. I could be wrong though; lemme check this out for ya...

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