63 Days Until Impact with Comet Tempel 1 - say your prayers.

The world is coming to an end!! 63 days til we make a direct impact on comet Tempel 1. Well, to put it more accurately it is NASA's spacecraft that will make an impact on comet Tempel 1 exactly 63 days from now. The flyby spacecraft is almost as big as a Volkswagen Beetle where it will make touchdown on Tempel 1 about the size of a living room coffee table in order to take samples of the comet's make up and relay the information back home to earth. The speed of the comet is traveling at approximately 23,000 mph.