Comments on: NASA reports some totally uninteresting things happening with a small amount of space snow of no consequence https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509253 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:47:05 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509253 OK, so now this thread is near the top of Google Hits for “vitamin C comet”

]]> By: Calli Arcale https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509252 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:09:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509252 There was a picture of Comet Elenin on the web recently; can’t remember where I saw it. Possibly Bad Astronomy. It was pretty cool — astronomers tried to spot the remaining rubble field in Comet Elenin’s predicted location. They were able to image a blur, and over several days observed that the blur’s apparent position changed just as would be predicted for Comet Elenin. Maybe it can’t destroy the world and prevent us having to pay all of our mortgages, but it’s still pretty awesome to see science in action. Celestial mechanics — it works!

]]> By: Mu https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509251 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:15:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509251 I would find being wiped out by a Vitamin C comet the ultimate irony. What means is probably mentioned in some Terry Pratchett novel already.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509250 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:42:42 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509250 The internet does not have a a sense of humor.

]]> By: Drivebyposter https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509249 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:36:50 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509249 I was kidding. I was making fun of some conspiracy theory that Elenin was made of cyanide and was going to impact the Earth and NASA was covering it up…because…BECAUSE! DOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!1

]]> By: Mu https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509248 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:32:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509248 If it impacts the earth it could be made from Vitamin C and exterminate all life. The little blobs we saw in Jupiter’s atmosphere after SL9 were about earth size.

]]> By: Drivebyposter https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509247 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:07:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509247 But I thought it was made of cyanide and was going to impact the Earth and exterminate the human race….

Are you telling me that we are going to live now?

]]> By: StevoR https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509246 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:45:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/25/nasa-reports-some-totally-unin/#comment-509246 Hey! I find this interesting! 😉

Vale comet Elenin.

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