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Since EdwardC hasn't piped up yet (or if he did I missed it), next Monday NASA is scheduled to launch its COmet Nucleus TOUR (CONTOUR for short) spacecraft to study Comet Encke in 2003 and Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann3 in 2006. Hope they put in water pumps with metal impellers! (The spacecraft was not built by Ford Aerospace, but by Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Lab.) There's even a website with the enticing name www.contour2002.org
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too cool...
I like the site!
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Good eye gwellington,
I knew about it but the Comet Nucleus TOUR mission had been brought up before here. Fascinating prospects are afoot in that we may be better able to ascertain the chemical composition of the comet's coma.
Move only if there is a real advantage to be gained...when you move, fall like a thunderbolt. -Sun Tzu, The Art of War '98 SVT E0 Superchip Y-pipe KKM filter custom 2.5 cat back exhaust UDP linux fish
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im sure ford wont put it on sale so here so who cares
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are my dodgers for real????
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When I saw CONTOUR the other day on the launch board/ new satellite stuff I smiled and pointed it out. Most people I work with know I drive a Contour, so they ignored me at first then proceeded with the normal grandma car/wannabe sports car/ Ford crap. I then retreated to my hole(the Space Analysis Center inside Cheyenne Mountain((NORAD)) and fixed all the crap they screw up. I felt better about myself since I'm a lowly E-4 and they are all officers.
Mike
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I was going to post something on it, but someone beat me to it (and I forgot :rolleyes: )... It's the fastest contour of all!  LOL 
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i wonder if nasa wishes it had the zetec inside :p
95 contour se...dark blue...monsterflow air filter...remanuf atx...wiring harness recall or bust!!!96k miles...motorcraft awsf32pp plugs & red ford racing 9mm wires...kvr black plated cross-drilled rotors & carbon fiber pads...currently undergoing renovation...excuse our dust!!!
are my dodgers for real????
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Originally posted by gdub520:
i wonder if nasa wishes it had the zetec inside :p I have a feeling their powerplant will suffice...
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n2_space and anyone else who cares.
Currently the vehicle is in an orbit that has an Apogee(furthest point in its orbit) of 106,687km, perigee(closest point to the Earth in it's orbit) of 215 km and a period(the time it takes to make one revolution or orbit around the Earth) of ~430 minutes.
This information is what is current in the Space Catalogue
I have a dream, and that is a 69 Boss 302 with Jules Asner in it.
Current - 2002 Chevy Silverado
Former - 98 SVT E0 T-Red 4/4/97 #173 of 6535(so long girl, you'll be missed)
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