Sun 26 Jun. 2005

Smashing Video

NASA animation of the impending Deep Impact Comet.

(an) 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.

(via Slashdot)

Update:

Some related animations submitted in the comments - for hardcore fans there’s also a 10 min (28MB) nuclear interception sequence.

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