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Genesis set to return to Earth
Washington Times ^ | Tuesday, September 7, 2004 | By Philip Chien

Posted on 09/06/2004 10:58:02 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

The Washington Times
www.washingtontimes.com

Genesis set to return to Earth

By Philip Chien
SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published September 7, 2004

The Genesis spacecraft is returning home tomorrow after a whirlwind tour a million miles from Earth.
    Launched in August 2001, Genesis was sent on a boomerang-shaped path a million miles away. The path was chosen to put Genesis outside the Earth's immediate neighborhood in a gravitationally stable place where the spacecraft could be "parked" for a couple of years.
    Genesis has five super-pure panels made of aluminum, gold, silicon, synthetic diamond and other materials.
    The panels collected just 10 micrograms of particles from the solar wind -- equivalent to about seven grains of salt. But the particles include every natural element except hydrogen and helium.
    "What we've been missing is the starting point -- the composition of the sun. This is what Genesis gives us," said NASA scientist David Lindstrom.
    Tomorrow, Genesis will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere over Salem, Ore., and travel across Idaho and into northern Utah in 96 seconds.

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: genesisspacecapsule; nasa; space

1 posted on 09/06/2004 10:58:02 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
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To: JohnHuang2

Uh oh. Isn't this how zombies get started??? Contamination from outer space????


2 posted on 09/06/2004 11:02:06 PM PDT by flashbunny (Hey - click on my name to see an anti-kerry bumper sticker! Do it! Now!!!)
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To: JohnHuang2
The panels collected just 10 micrograms of particles from the solar wind

I love NASA. They send satellites to outer space to collect dust. (My grandmother's house is full of things that collect dust...)
3 posted on 09/07/2004 1:22:33 AM PDT by NationSoConceived ("Truth bestows no pardon upon error, but wipes it out in the most effectual manner." - M.B.E.)
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To: flashbunny

Zombies are Bush's Fault!


4 posted on 09/07/2004 1:50:57 AM PDT by Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit (Politically, Saudi Arabia is 18th century France with 16th Century Spain's flow of gold and no art)
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To: Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit

I thought talking openly about Genesis was prohibited by Starfleet Command?


5 posted on 09/07/2004 4:12:10 AM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel (Democrats and Liberals suffer from MSD-Massive Spending Disorder)
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To: WestVirginiaRebel

Aren't they worried about Kahn Noonian Singh stealing it?


6 posted on 09/07/2004 4:21:20 AM PDT by Snake65 (Osama Bin Decomposing)
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To: JohnHuang2

Is that with or without Phil Collins?


7 posted on 09/07/2004 4:23:13 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

Yeah, I thought they were reuniting.


8 posted on 09/07/2004 4:26:25 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: flashbunny; JohnHuang2
It does remind me of the beginning of The Andromeda Strain...
9 posted on 09/07/2004 4:28:05 AM PDT by beezdotcom (This was my 1000th post...ah, my frivolously misspent youth!)
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To: Snake65; WestVirginiaRebel

You can buy one on eBay these days....

10 posted on 09/07/2004 4:31:10 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (Only 5 cents a troll? Must be too many of the varmints around here...)
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To: Snake65; WestVirginiaRebel

You can buy one on eBay these days....

11 posted on 09/07/2004 4:31:56 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (Only 5 cents a troll? Must be too many of the varmints around here...)
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To: All
(double-dang posting!)

Sorry, all.

12 posted on 09/07/2004 4:32:44 AM PDT by Jonah Hex (Only 5 cents a troll? Must be too many of the varmints around here...)
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To: JohnHuang2

Literally.

13 posted on 09/07/2004 4:38:26 AM PDT by Jhensy
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To: Jonah Hex

Yea, but don't you have to be over 18 to access that section?


14 posted on 09/07/2004 4:54:55 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: JohnHuang2
NASA article on Genesis Reentry


15 posted on 09/07/2004 12:47:28 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Truth goes through three stages, ridiculed, violently opposed, then accepted as self-evident)
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To: JohnHuang2

"It will be ours!"

16 posted on 09/07/2004 12:51:28 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
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