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Stardust Probe Re-Entry LIVE THREAD
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ^ | 14 January 2006 | NASA JPL

Posted on 01/14/2006 11:31:24 PM PST by HolgerDansk

The Stardust capsule will be visible from parts of Nevada, Utah, California, Idaho and Oregon when it returns on Jan 15 at 1:57 AM PST (09:57 UTC). Tips on how to observe this event are available.

(Excerpt) Read more at stardust.jpl.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California; US: Idaho; US: Nevada; US: Oregon; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: astronomy; nasa; stardust
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To: Drango

I heard of this project a few years ago !
You, or they(of the site you posted) want people to allow their computers to be linked together in a vast distibuted processing network dedicated to unlocking the cause of Neurological Disorders caused by 'Malformed Proteins' .

That term is usually referenced to research into 'Prions', an unproven pathological entity that is supposed to cause Creutzfeld-Jacob Desease(CJD) .

These misshaphen proteins are believed to be the cause of other neurological disorders(Mad Cow Desease) -
Some have speculated it might be a cause of AIDS - -
but not Alzhiemer's Desease - - - that is what Reagan died of .

So how is this project supposed to help in that area ?


41 posted on 01/15/2006 2:17:09 AM PST by Costigan (Hey, that interview is so hyped up !)
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To: Dan Cooper

Saw it (SF Bay Area). Had a cloud pop up at the last moment that obscured the interface, but saw the yellow/orange dot during the last half of the 40 seconds of visibility.


42 posted on 01/15/2006 2:17:35 AM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: Neanderthal
It was very faint and close to the horizon. No tail to speak of. We were up at about the 600 ft level.

Helo is out searching for the capsule in the desert. They have good coordinates from NORAD.

43 posted on 01/15/2006 2:21:51 AM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: GOPyouth

I will have missed it anyway, it is so cloudy out here tonight in the Western San Fernando Valley !

Nothing on the TV or CaTV News yet !


44 posted on 01/15/2006 2:22:38 AM PST by Costigan (Hey, that interview is so hyped up !)
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To: HolgerDansk
Negative from Crescent City.

100% overcast with light rain. I couldn't even see the moon.

And you're right about shoot and shovel. I lived in the Central Valley until the 'bayarrhea' spilled over the Altamont.
45 posted on 01/15/2006 2:25:34 AM PST by Dads Bag (red county in a blue state)
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To: HolgerDansk

It moved across the horizon quickly, just above the ridge line to the east. I'm at about 1000 feet, with little light polution (with the exception of bright moon-light).

Wondering now, why I'm up and out on the porch wrapped in a blanket.


46 posted on 01/15/2006 2:26:20 AM PST by norge
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To: Costigan

"but not Alzhiemer's Desease - - - that is what Reagan died of"

http://folding.stanford.edu/

There is a specific focus on Alzhiemer's. Join us. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1554097/posts


47 posted on 01/15/2006 2:27:23 AM PST by Drango ("Complico, ergo sum")
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To: HolgerDansk
My post from another thread...

To: NormsRevenge; forester; ElkGroveDan; cabojoe

Eureka report. Got outside at 1:50. Thin Clouds/fog here but it did clear a hole to the north and I could see Polaris and the Big Dipper.

Saw nothing/Heard nothing here?

53 posted on 01/15/2006 2:21:55 AM PST by tubebender

48 posted on 01/15/2006 2:29:01 AM PST by tubebender (Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else...)
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To: norge

Recovery team reports that they're detecting a beacon from the capsule. That's a good sign that something survived the landing.


49 posted on 01/15/2006 2:29:27 AM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: norge; tubebender; Dads Bag; Costigan; Dan Cooper

Helicopter reports that they've spotted the parachute; landing to see if the capsule is underneath the parachute...


50 posted on 01/15/2006 2:50:29 AM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: HolgerDansk

Found it! Looks like we have a successful mission end.


51 posted on 01/15/2006 2:54:30 AM PST by HolgerDansk ("Oh Bother", said Pooh, as he worked the bolt.)
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To: HolgerDansk

Awesome, glad this one made it ok.


52 posted on 01/15/2006 2:58:40 AM PST by Lauretij2
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To: Costigan
It was busted open and the contents were contaminated , the experiment was useless !

Heh, looks like your prognistications are just as useless.

53 posted on 01/15/2006 3:02:16 AM PST by TomB ("The terrorist wraps himself in the world's grievances to cloak his true motives." - S. Rushdie)
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To: TomB

Well thank goodness they were !

Hate to see another waste of a mission .


54 posted on 01/15/2006 3:39:20 AM PST by Costigan (Hey, that interview is so hyped up !)
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To: Hank Rearden
What if it just comes back clogged with clothes-dryer lint and cat fur?

What I want to know is if it found all those missing socks from the dryer!

55 posted on 01/15/2006 6:29:18 AM PST by newzjunkey (In 2006: Halt W's illegals' amnesty. Get GOP elected statewide in CA.)
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To: HolgerDansk

Thanks for the update. Nice that we had a successful return!


56 posted on 01/15/2006 6:32:50 AM PST by newzjunkey (In 2006: Halt W's illegals' amnesty. Get GOP elected statewide in CA.)
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To: dread78645

Dang. Finaly got the Sterno reference. It squeezed past me...


57 posted on 01/15/2006 8:05:38 AM PST by null and void (Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Asimov)
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To: Costigan
It was busted open and the contents were contaminated , the experiment was useless !

Not quite, they were able to recover the samples. Since the ions they were interested in were implanted into the targets a surface clean wouldn't affect them.

It did complicate the process, but some useful science still happened.

58 posted on 01/15/2006 8:10:40 AM PST by null and void (We are stardust, we are golden, and we've got to get ourselves back to the Garden)
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To: null and void

There was another collection device called a concentrator that survived 100% intact. It was considered to be the most important instrument on the mission.


59 posted on 01/15/2006 9:06:10 AM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
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To: HolgerDansk

If anything ever sounded like the beginning of a sci fi thriller, this is it.


60 posted on 01/15/2006 9:15:24 AM PST by Lancey Howard
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