"If you don't know what something is, poke it with a stick"

Hurray for Deep Impact!

Of course, we have that Russian astrologer suing NASA (didn't she forsee this?) and a goofball grousing about how vulgar it is to crash instead of landing and drilling, and the usual suspects complaining that the money wasn't spent on things dearer to their hearts.

I'm still waiting for the spectrographic analysis, but the video alone from the impacter is heartwarming. What a weird-looking place! And what a lovely bang!