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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!
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: darngravity; diditbounce; genesis; genesisspacecapsule; genesisspaceprobe; gravityofsituation; gravitysucks; nasa; notmyfault; science; snafu; space
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To: smith288
To: smith288
The "helicopter" idea was better then the "10 guys holding a trampoline" idea they first thought of.
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posted on
09/08/2004 9:17:23 AM PDT
by
Rubasoo
To: texasflower
Oh dear lord. Someone on Fox is blaming Bush for this.
Well it IS all Bush's fault, dontcha know? The timing of this is suspicious.
63
posted on
09/08/2004 9:17:28 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
To: RadioAstronomer
"the establishment gonna fall down, go boom!"Don't get me started. I get in enough trouble on this forum.
64
posted on
09/08/2004 9:18:06 AM PDT
by
farmfriend
( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
To: smith288
This type of recovery was done a lot back in the 60's... our first spy satellites actually took photographs on film and the canister was dropped back to earth. The parachute on the cannister would be caught by an airplane trailing a long hook behind it.
Look up the Corona Project... fascinating stuff.
65
posted on
09/08/2004 9:18:19 AM PDT
by
So Cal Rocket
(Fabrizio Quattrocchi: "Adesso vi faccio vedere come muore un italiano")
To: cwiz24
There are three guys walking up to the capsule right now.
66
posted on
09/08/2004 9:18:19 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
To: cwiz24
I do have some
good news though...
67
posted on
09/08/2004 9:19:21 AM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
To: evets
Sweet!! That IS good news.
68
posted on
09/08/2004 9:19:44 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
To: Rubasoo
"I got it, I got it, thud, I don't got it."
69
posted on
09/08/2004 9:19:45 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
To: cwiz24
He was talking about us being way overextended, so Bush did not devote the proper resources.
Bush had his mind on Iraq. Bush tax cuts are part of the problem. Oil dependence and lack of allies.
I am listening to this crap again.
(I've had a DVR in my house for 1 hour!)
70
posted on
09/08/2004 9:20:06 AM PDT
by
texasflower
(How appropriate...... the pro abortion party is the "D 'N' C")
To: dfwgator
Probably an OSHA required Hard Hat area.
71
posted on
09/08/2004 9:20:16 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(What you win them by, is what you win them to)
To: dfwgator
THUD!
72
posted on
09/08/2004 9:20:30 AM PDT
by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
To: Prime Choice; cwiz24
Does that destroy the samples in the capsule? ~ cwiz24
Quoting from the article:
"...an impact that would shatter the set of fragile disks holding the cosmic evidence."
The short answer: Hell, yeah. ~ Prime Choice
The long answer: No. But someone is going to be spending a long time with tweezers sorting out sand into piles of silicon, diamond, sapphire, quartz and God knows what else...
73
posted on
09/08/2004 9:20:35 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Behold! I am become death, destroyer of threads.)
To: Cboldt
They used a helicopter to snag it because they were concerned that the glass disks would be damaged even if it hit the ground with the parachute deployed.
To: texasflower
That guy looking at the capsule looks like a tourist. Pretty funny.
75
posted on
09/08/2004 9:20:57 AM PDT
by
cwiz24
To: dead
I, for one, wish to welcome our new space zombie overlords. I hope suck-ups like you are first in the pot!
![](http://www.daviddarling.info/images/ToServeMan2.jpg)
![](http://www.daviddarling.info/images/ToServeMan3.jpg)
:^)
76
posted on
09/08/2004 9:21:00 AM PDT
by
OSHA
(Cheap Shots, Low Blows and Late Hits. Free Delivery. Fast Friendly Service with a Smile!)
To: evets
Project SCOOP declares a "Wildfire".
77
posted on
09/08/2004 9:21:36 AM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
(Only 5 cents a troll? Must be too many of the varmints around here...)
To: cwiz24
Oh my gosh, you're right!
78
posted on
09/08/2004 9:21:38 AM PDT
by
texasflower
(How appropriate...... the pro abortion party is the "D 'N' C")
To: evets
That picture looks like it crashed on Mars...
79
posted on
09/08/2004 9:21:44 AM PDT
by
kjam22
(What you win them by, is what you win them to)
To: evets
80
posted on
09/08/2004 9:21:59 AM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(Only dummies play poker with George W. Bush.)
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