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What's the matter with you? I have a GOD GIVEN RIGHT to post on this forum and use all the bandwidth I want to! (Even though Free Republic and/or bandwidth isn't mentioned in the United States Constitution, as we all know!) :-)

19 posted on 01/03/2004 9:54:46 AM PST by Howlin (Bush has stolen two things which Democrats believe they own by right: the presidency & the future)

Has anybody here been following THIS ONE . . . NASA Spacecraft Makes Great Catch...Heads for Touchdown January 1, 2004 . . . Team Stardust, NASA's first dedicated sample return mission to a comet, passed a huge milestone today by successfully navigating through the particle and gas-laden coma around comet Wild 2 (pronounced "Vilt-2"). During the hazardous traverse, the spacecraft flew within about 230 kilometers (143 miles) of the comet, catching samples of comet particles and scoring detailed pictures of Wild 2's pockmarked surface.