Deep Impact Comet-Smashing Video 133
DynaSoar writes "Dan Maas is the animation expert who produced NASA's Mars Rover animation which was subsequently used in the PBS Nova episodes 'Mars, Dead or Alive' and 'Welcome to Mars,' the majority of which was done while he was a Cornell student on a summer internship at NASA. His most recent release is NASA's best 'artist's conception' of the Tempel 1 Deep Impact mission. Nobody knows what will happen when 820 pounds of metal slams into the comet with 5 kilotons of force, but whatever happens, Maas's digital precreation is probably way more entertaining than NASA's imagery is likely to be. Two versions of the Deep Impact QuickTime video are available. A couple notes of interest: the original Mars video was produced as a music video, using Lenny Kravitz and Holst as soundtracks. This is available only to K-12 educators. Also, in the interview in the first link, when asked for an inspirational quote, he quotes John Carmack."
We need more missions like this. (Score:4, Funny)
haha (Score:4, Funny)
PS top floor of the NASA building was ranked as one of the top ten places to have sex in public on Cornell campus. Not that I'd know or anything.
deep impact? (Score:2, Funny)
Why else would we fund billions of dollars to build a spaceship designed to hit a comet that's not going to hit us?
Considering the subject, the hosts should be... (Score:1, Funny)
May I be the first to say (Score:4, Funny)
NASA TV (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What would really suck (Score:3, Funny)
Re:NASA TV (Score:3, Funny)
jspoon, you have been voted out of the Big Brother spaceship.
You have 30 seconds to go to the airlock.
Re:NASA TV (Score:2, Funny)
Quote:
Tom: Uh, how'd you solve the door dilemma?
Buzz: Homer Simpson was the real hero here. He jury-rigged the door closed using this.
Man 1: Hey, what is that?
Man 2: It's an inanimate carbon rod!
Everyone: Yay!
Re:A make believe space (Score:2, Funny)