Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Forget the Man on the Moon; NASA's Stardust shows comet Tempel-1 is comet Sad-Bunny. And a girl. Beat that.

I made this in MS Paint for you. Magnet. Fridge. Now.
Here she is, comet Tempel-1, or comet Sad-Bunny as I like to call her.  Stardust is a fancy little satellite with a sordid history.  By sordid, I mean of course that for a satellite it has sampled a lot of interstellar medium.  A LOT.  Last time it swung by earth it deposited a canister of interstellar medium southwest of Salt Lake City.  Rude little devil.  First time that's ever happened in the history of satellites.

Anyway, Stardust got close to Bunny late last night, and some people are calling her "second-hand" now, but I prefer to reserve judgement.  No wonder she sheds a single tear.

And now for a video of comet Sad-Bunny doing the dreaded Space Wobble of Shame:



Another theory is that she saw this giant pink bunny in Italy:

Made to look like a skydiving accident.  Neat?
That would make anyone sad.

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Avert your axis, Sad-Bunny!

Not that way!

That's better.  What do those look like though? Snarky Dragon and Bull-Snake?

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