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Genesis space probe parachute did not open.
nasa ^

Posted on 09/08/2004 8:59:52 AM PDT by evets

failure!

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: darngravity; diditbounce; genesis; genesisspacecapsule; genesisspaceprobe; gravityofsituation; gravitysucks; nasa; notmyfault; science; snafu; space
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To: evets; Professional Engineer; SAMWolf; Fedora; OSHA; Old Sarge; Servant of the 9; null and void

Umm.. just so that everyone knows and before the world is taken over by killer space bourne plagues, this is NOT my fault!
/ joke.


41 posted on 09/08/2004 9:12:12 AM PDT by Darksheare (Conquerors of the nice T-shirt!)
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To: cwiz24

I read over the weekend that it will the collection job much harder because of the expected "Breakage"


42 posted on 09/08/2004 9:12:29 AM PDT by UB355
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To: Howlin

They meant containers inside that
hold the atoms, not what we are
seeing now on tv.


43 posted on 09/08/2004 9:12:55 AM PDT by txrangerette
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To: cwiz24

Fox News is reporting this. Because the disks haven't been retrieved...the only thing that can be said, with assurity, at this point is that the parachute didn't open..and the capsule crashed. The chances the disks were not damaged is slim to none, but no absolute confirmation yet as the capsule has not been retrieved.


44 posted on 09/08/2004 9:13:06 AM PDT by justshe (Monthly donors to FR make the FR world go round...and round...and round.....!)
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To: Physicist; MikeD; ThinkPlease; edwin hubble; RightWingAtheist; Right Wing Professor; longshadow; ...

Just damn.


45 posted on 09/08/2004 9:13:14 AM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: snopercod; XBob

Sigh.


46 posted on 09/08/2004 9:13:50 AM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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Space Capsule with Solar Material Crashes in Utah

Wed Sep 8, 2004 12:08 PM ET

PASADENA, Calif. (Reuters) - A space capsule returning solar particles to earth has crashed in the Utah desert before it could be captured in a mid-air recovery by a Hollywood stunt helicopter pilot, officials at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Wednesday.


47 posted on 09/08/2004 9:13:59 AM PDT by michigander (The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
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To: evets

The theme from Gilligan's Island keeps running through my head....


48 posted on 09/08/2004 9:14:08 AM PDT by rjsimmons
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To: evets

That's gonna leave a mark...


49 posted on 09/08/2004 9:14:10 AM PDT by kjam22 (What you win them by, is what you win them to)
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To: evets

So they were planning on "catching" a falling capsul so high in the atmosphere it could be bordering space with a friggin helicopter???

Is John Kerry's campaign staff behind this plan?


50 posted on 09/08/2004 9:14:26 AM PDT by smith288 (Did you know John Kerry was a senator? What's his record, I wonder...)
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To: dfwgator

Hey, I still have the plastic sheeting and duct tape tom ridge said to buy.

Maybe this is why.


51 posted on 09/08/2004 9:14:40 AM PDT by flashbunny
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To: asgardshill

Wonderful response.

I've got a particle eyedropper for aspiration purposes if anyone sees those little buggers just lying around.


52 posted on 09/08/2004 9:15:04 AM PDT by ColoCdn (veritas nunquam perit (but evil people do))
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To: RandallFlagg

"the establishment gonna fall down, go boom!"


53 posted on 09/08/2004 9:15:08 AM PDT by RadioAstronomer
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To: PAR35

Sorry. That's an artists concept drawing.

Original title was "Copter intercepts Genesis probe".

oops.


54 posted on 09/08/2004 9:15:32 AM PDT by evets (God bless president George W. Bush)
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To: cwiz24
NASA TV is showing footage of the capsule on the ground. Now, who's getting fired for this one?

I'm curious about the technical details. Non-deployment of parachute is unusual. I saw video of the fall, and at no point in about 30 seconds was there any evidence of an attempted deployment.

I don't know if the deployment was to be automatic, or on command, etc. The craft had been out for a long time, and performed very well in every regard up until today.

I also don't know what sorts of shock absorbtion were inside the capsule, "bubble wrap" as others have suggested, or some other means of protection. No doubt a disappointment, but I don't know for a fact that the mission will prove to be a total loss.

55 posted on 09/08/2004 9:15:41 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: RadioAstronomer

Oh dear lord. Someone on Fox is blaming Bush for this.

I am not kidding either.


56 posted on 09/08/2004 9:15:46 AM PDT by texasflower (How appropriate...... the pro abortion party is the "D 'N' C")
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To: evets
Have any of the following space cadets offered their views on the causes or effects of this crash yet??:

Jesse Jackson

Jimmy Carter

Barbra Streisland

Al Gore

57 posted on 09/08/2004 9:16:47 AM PDT by chs68
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To: flashbunny
Prepare for zombie mutation spread. It's only a matter of time.

Remember: You gotta shoot 'em in the head. Nothing else works.

IIRC, an incident like this happened to the Soviets a while back. Their capsule was manned.

58 posted on 09/08/2004 9:16:48 AM PDT by AngryJawa (The Original Grumpy Gen-Xer)
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To: Conservomax

ACME Rocket Company; CEO Wile E.Coyote (Super Genius)


59 posted on 09/08/2004 9:16:51 AM PDT by MP5SD
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To: sissyjane; nonliberal; RandallFlagg

The REAL PERP is.......Karl Rove.


60 posted on 09/08/2004 9:17:03 AM PDT by txrangerette
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