Deep Impact

[eddieb]

Wanted to let you know the Deep Impact spacecraft successfully impacted compet Tempel 1 today. Deep Impact, a NASA Discovery Mission, is the first space mission to probe beneath the surface of a comet and reveal the secrets of its interior. A number of my coworkers contributed to this mission, including my boss, who managed portions of the Flight Software.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/index.html

 

[criticalmass]

Yep. Just when I was getting my clothes out of the washing machine, it hit. A historical moment.

 

[Cpl Hades]

Hey eddie, out of interest which projects are you involved in at NASA?

 

[eddieb]

I work on Terrestrial Planet Finder.
http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/TPF/tpf_index.html

Specifically I help out with software for a testbed of robots, aiming to advance precision autonomous formation flying in space. You can see the robot here.

http://dst.jpl.nasa.gov/test_beds/

 

[Lazy Panda]

Neat. I wounder what's inside those comets...

 

[Bob McDob]

Hmm, was the Deep Impact mission managed by JPL? I have an aunt that works there that I can pester about it when she visits in a bit.

 

[eddieb]

Hmm, was the Deep Impact mission managed by JPL? I have an aunt that works there that I can pester about it when she visits in a bit.

Yes.