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July 05, 2005
A comet, a missile and celebrations
We all need celebrations to congratulate us on our achievements. Most of the times we are waiting for the big one. But why not congratulating yourself to the small wins and gains? They are just as worthwhile. Of course, to win and to celebrate, it is important to have had a goal that is not that easy to beat. Something that stretches you a little bit out of the comfort zone, in which we all rest so comfortably.
Why not breaking down a big goal into small steps - one after the next. Those small steps, that are manageable, enjoyable and reachable, while making you uncomfortable.
In the end, you can celebrate.
I believe it took a long time to plan to hit the comet correctly. The comet, that everyone is currently talking about, was 83 million miles away from earth. The 820-pound copper and aluminium missile of the size of a washing machine raced into the path of comet Tempel 1, which was hurtling through space at 23,000mph.
The planners planned to hit the comet, and missed their target by only 50 meters. Talk about great planning.
Now they are celebrating and they have every reason to do so.
Look at the sheer happiness of the celebration - are you celebrating in a similar fashion, or is it business as usual on your side?
Here a picture of the impact:
Both pictures are taken from CNN
Posted by Andreas at July 5, 2005 08:51 AM
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I was kinda disappointed actually. When I read the articles days ago, I thought they meant they were going to fire a probe into the comet. Not that the probe was just there to fire dummy rounds at the comet.
I thought we were gonna get an idea of the composition of the comet, its origins, etc. This was more like a weapons testing if you ask me, heheh. Still an achievement, of course... I just misunderstood the previous article.
Posted by: dinghy at July 5, 2005 05:13 PM
Hmm...must be someone shot himself in the head or some plan crashed or maybe something else =P
Posted by: S-Kay at July 5, 2005 02:08 PM
Nope, I dont think so - it is way too far away from us.
Posted by: Andreas at July 5, 2005 01:59 PM
Do you think we can hear the sound of the explosion here? Because when I saw the time of the impact in the news, it was exactly the time I heard a very loud loud loud booom here (when converted into M'sian time)
Posted by: S-Kay at July 5, 2005 11:13 AM
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