Ball Aerospace Deep Impact's impactor simulation software (2006)

Fun fact, Ball Aerospace is a division of Ball Corporation, founded 1880, largely known for their mason jars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_Corporation

(Not to be confused with Bell Aircraft, an unrelated helicopter manufacturer)

In this they follow in the grand tradition of contemporary American manufacturing: combining low value commodity items that can compete with overseas manufacturers due to the cost of ocean transport, and ultra high tech aerospace products. (See also the former Morton Thiokol Corporation, whose products included road deicing salt and NASA solid rocket boosters that performed poorly in cold weather.)

I remember seeing the news about this at the time, and wondering how the phrase “Ball’s Deep Impact…” in some headlines made it past the copy editors desk.

For context:

https://deepimpact.astro.umd.edu/tech/targeting.html

I'm pretty sure this is related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_(spacecraft)

I am getting a prompt for inter.exe when I click the above URL.

Note: download later.

the link points to malware, keep out

That name must have been a practical joke to get people to say Ball's Deep Impact...