Time for a bump!
I posted months ago about how I was seeing my child take it's first steps, and was glad to see her go ( she's now about 2 light-minutes away... fast learner! )
Since then, I have been assimilated into the mission operations team, and have been chained to a sun workstation....
We are only about 80 days out from impact, and thought those that responded to the original post deserved an update.
The spacecraft is working beautifully, and the only issue we have is that our best camera has a focus problem ( very similar to the hubble optics debacle... ).
We expect to still get the best closeup pictures of a comet ever, and to see a crater forming will be just a little bit cool
more updates to come ( By next Tuesday I will have taken the first pics of the comet FROM the spacecraft ...
, I'm sure they'll be on the website. I'll post em when I get em )
Stu