Posted on 09/08/2004 8:59:52 AM PDT by evets
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46 - "Sigh."
Appropriate comment.
IRRC We have already done this successfully several times over the years from on orbit. But, this time - 'no drogue chute', to pull out the main chute. And they used the 'fancy' square aerodynamic chute, which makes a much softer landing, but which is much harder to pull out, and absolutely needs a drogue chute to open the main chute,
Sometimes the old ways are better.
But (and I don't want to open the argument again), until we develop alternative propulsion systems, this is just one of the many problems we will continue to encounter.
Does that have something to do with spy sats?
Dugway? Did I miss something?
Admit it. Come one; admit it -- you and your space alien friends conspired to disable the parachute recovery system so the craft would crash, destroying it's precious cargo, and denying Earthlings the chance to discern the Secrets of the Universe!
Admit it! You and your anal-probing pals are up to your eyeballs (all three of them!) in a conspiracy spanning the galaxy! You can't hide the truth from me; I figured it out with pure geometric logic!
Do you take us Earthlings for fools? You and your extra-terrestrial torpedo-headed friends are sadly mistaken; we are on to you, and you won't get away with this!
Now, as for the missing strawberries, I was saying there had to be an extra key the the ward room......
The destruction of this probe has once again protected the secrets of Uranus, and preserved the purity of your essence.
May the excreta of a thousand platypii infest your Satanic anti-gravity project!
;-)
Did this cause a "FIRE" like in "The Andromeda Strain".
Paging Arthur Hill and James Olsen.
May the sacred Treasure of Uranus remain eternally shrouded in methane vapors and forever safe from unholy probes.
In a response, apes everywhere are eagerly looking forward to their upcoming revolt.
Yea verily brother, I do indeed.
Why should I waste my time on you again. We've had this discussion before, and you didn't learn anything then either. But for the record: Wealth transfer is not just taxation it's SPENDING. The means of taxation are not as important as the unconstitutional use of the money; if it weren't for the government's SPENDING money on things that are flat out unconstitutional like welfare, education, space program, the so-called "arts", etc. then we'd all have a lot more money to put into the things that we thought were important.
Looks like the Kerry presidential campaign.
So the idea is not a "hare-brained scheme", it's been successfully tested and used operationally in the past. Really sucks when the 'chute doesn't deploy, though.
An understatement. :(
Ahhh, That I did not know. Maybe it was theHollywood "Stunt pilots" line that raised my eyebrows. any corona links?
(don't have ping list in my lab)
Got this in an email today.
GENESIS SCIENTISTS BOUNCING BACK FROM HARD LANDING
Scientists, who conducted the preliminary assessment of
the Genesis canister, are encouraged by what they see. They
believe it may be possible to achieve the most important
portions of their science objectives.
"We are bouncing back from a hard landing, and spirits are
picking up again," said Orlando Figueroa, Deputy Associate
Administrator for Programs for the Science Mission
Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
"This may result in snatching victory from the jaws of
defeat," added Dr. Roger Wiens of the Los Alamos National
Laboratory, a member of the Genesis science team. "We are
very encouraged."
Based on initial inspection, it is possible a repository of
solar wind materials may have survived that will keep the
science community busy for some time.
"We are pleased and encouraged by the preliminary
inspection," said NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe. "The
outstanding design and sturdy construction of Genesis may
yield the important scientific results we hoped for from the
mission," he said.
"I want to emphasize the excellent work by the navigation
team to bring the capsule back exactly on target was key in
our ability to recover the science," said Andrew Dantzler,
Director of the Solar System Division at NASA Headquarters,
Washington. "In addition, the robustness of the design of the
spacecraft was the reason it could take such a hard landing
and still give us a chance to recover the samples," he said.
The mission's main priority is to measure oxygen isotopes to
determine which of several theories is correct regarding the
role of oxygen in the formation of the solar system.
Scientists hope to determine this with isotopes collected in
the four target segments of the solar wind concentrator
carried by the Genesis spacecraft.
"From our initial look, we can see that two of the four
concentrator segments are in place, and all four may be
intact," Wiens said.
The mission's second priority is to analyze nitrogen isotopes
that will help understand how the atmospheres of the planets
in our solar system evolved. "These isotopes will be analyzed
using gold foil, which we have also found intact," Wiens
said.
Other samples of solar winds are contained on hexagonal
wafers. It appears these are all or nearly all broken, but
sizable pieces will be recovered, and some are still mounted
in their holders. "We won't really know how many can be
recovered for some time, but we are far more hopeful
important science can be conducted than we were on
Wednesday," Wiens said.
Another type of collector material, foils contained on the
canister's lid, were designed to collect other isotopes in
the solar wind. It appears approximately three-fourths of
these are recoverable, according to Dr. Dave Lindstrom,
Mission Program Scientist at NASA Headquarters. However,
these foils have been exposed to elements of the Utah desert.
Ping for some good news on the subject from RadioAstronomer
This is very encouraging.
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