Demented Hamsters
16-05-2005, 15:27
Here's a very cool contest. On July 4th, the Deep Impact spacecraft will launch a probe to impact onto the surface of the comet Tempel 1. This will give NASA scientists a better understanding of whay comets are made of - solid rock or fluffly 'snow'?
As a result, the Planetary Society has a competition running from now until the impact date, where you can predict how big the crater will be. Get it right and you win a plaque from the people who built Deep Impact, as well as a one-year membership to the Planetary Society.
Yeah, it doesn't sound like much, but it's still a cool comp. More interesting than guess the number of jellybeans in a jar.
Details:
http://www.planetary.org/deepimpact/contest_enter.html
As a result, the Planetary Society has a competition running from now until the impact date, where you can predict how big the crater will be. Get it right and you win a plaque from the people who built Deep Impact, as well as a one-year membership to the Planetary Society.
Yeah, it doesn't sound like much, but it's still a cool comp. More interesting than guess the number of jellybeans in a jar.
Details:
http://www.planetary.org/deepimpact/contest_enter.html