Comet Impact Page #2

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I did my MSC in America, Santa Cruz.

Brendan's expertise was in...

the microscopic particles left overfrom

the creation of our solar system.

You know the thing about dust...

Yeah, dust is so important.

Hey, evolution of dust traces our path through

the universe.

You mean the accumulation of dust?

I know what I mean. I'm the King of Dust!

When do you think we'll be able to

get down to the coast?

Ah access is restricted at the minute,

we'll go to Shannon tomorrow,

see if we can get authorisation.

I'll put a call in, get NASAto

pull some strings for us.

Right, make yourself at home.

We've been trying to collate some incoming

evidence, seismic data, barometric readings.

Lot of stuff coming in from India.

You know we're gonna have to

give this N.E.O. A name.

Well, isn't that thejob of the

Minor Planet Centre?

Oh they're down in Massachusetts,

anyway we need a standby,

something a little more media friendly than... 'un

- No I was thinking of... What?

- Rockall.

Rockall. Is the sea area the comet hit,

is a little Island about 250 miles

north west of Donegal.

- Rockall... - Is a good idea Brendan.

Here you go.

Hey, where did you get these images?

American Military Reconnaissance,

but we're gonna need a lot more data than this if

we're gonna get a handle on Rockall's trajectory.

Find out where it came from...

and why we missed it.

All we had had was an approximate impact site in t

what we needed was an accurate trajectory to

tell us where it came from.

- Anyone for curry?

- No thanks Brendan.

Forget fish, curry's the thing for your brain.

Project Rockall...

Is all in the turmeric you see.

Is full of curcumin,

which is an anti-oxidant, so now you know.

Get the curry down you, ward off that

mental decay.

You should have some Josh.

That was a flight attendant on 419, the plan that

outran the wave,

well she's got the footage on her cell phone...

but she's heading back to the US tomorrow

so we need to see her now.

We can go.

- Thas ourterritory. - Yeah, yeah.

Here we go.

Oh we can get a time stamp on that.

- And thas good? - Oh thas very good.

Now is there any chance we could get

the flight path data...

to find out exactly where you were when you took t

Yeah, sure.

If we can get a fix on your exact position we can

cross-reference that with the light in this...

and then ill help us get a sense of

the trajectory of the N.E.O.

And then you can find out where

it came from right?

Exactly.

Have you got wireless connect on this cell phone?

Yeah you do.

Great its worked. Marcie, thank you very much,

you've been very helpful.

So, you guys are like spacemen?

We're not trained in aeronautics but

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