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Genesis just augered in.
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9/8/2004 4:00:13 PM
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Genesis just augered in.
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et
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9/8/2004 4:00:13 PM
Genesis Mission Status Update
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SteveS
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9/9/2004 2:01:03 AM
From the Genesis site
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SteveS
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9/8/2004 11:23:17 PM
Correction;Space Today site
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SteveS
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9/9/2004 12:45:31 AM
Looks like the ground is wet around it.
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REB
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9/8/2004 8:16:44 PM
Pretty good writeup in the New York Times
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Larry J
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9/8/2004 7:31:27 PM
Anybody know what the explosive was?
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et
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9/8/2004 7:47:28 PM
Next question: hardware similarities with Stardust?
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alcaray
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9/8/2004 8:11:48 PM
Good question, I'm sure it will be an issue of some interest in the next year.
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et
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9/8/2004 8:30:32 PM
If the chute don't open, it might still be salvagible.
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Jacob Samorodin
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9/8/2004 11:32:30 PM
Post mortem newsconference in 10 min (2:30 EST)
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et
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9/8/2004 6:20:36 PM
re: The near future
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Raoul
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9/8/2004 5:59:37 PM
It takes only one problem.
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Jacob Samorodin
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9/8/2004 11:36:15 PM
Genesis had a battery problem at or soon after launch
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pwokenyaw
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9/8/2004 5:30:45 PM
Good point, pwokenyaw
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Alex R. Blackwell
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9/8/2004 6:01:02 PM
re: Good point, pwokenyaw
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JimO
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9/8/2004 8:12:51 PM
Drogue mortar still live?
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Tom Brosz
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9/8/2004 4:54:26 PM
CNN says probably yes
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Daniel
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9/8/2004 5:23:16 PM
CNN??
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Alex R. Blackwell
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9/8/2004 5:33:24 PM
Ditto.
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REB
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9/8/2004 4:52:13 PM
Andromeda STRAIN all over again
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carl
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9/8/2004 4:42:42 PM
Meant in jest, but something to think about for future sample returns.
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Tom Brosz
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9/8/2004 4:53:33 PM
Not being SILLY
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carl
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9/8/2004 5:09:04 PM
That is rediculous
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R.L.
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9/9/2004 4:44:41 AM
Yea, you are.
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et
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9/8/2004 6:13:10 PM
et has a very good point...
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Tom Brosz
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9/8/2004 8:27:46 PM
Hey! Why am I turing green?
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REB
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9/8/2004 8:51:04 PM
Has SPACE DUST ever had a TAXI RIDE from orbit?
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carl
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9/9/2004 5:07:36 PM
Terminal velocity for a speck of dust is not very fast. And bigger chunks stay cold inside.
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alcaray
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9/10/2004 12:12:00 AM
re: Genesis just augered in.
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Delbert
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9/8/2004 4:33:45 PM
Yeah, I'd call that "augered in".
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Gary
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9/8/2004 4:57:38 PM
re: Yeah, I'd call that "augered in".
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Nathan Koren
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9/8/2004 9:54:00 PM
re: Parafoils
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Raoul
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9/8/2004 4:24:46 PM
Just heard it on the radio
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Larry J
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9/8/2004 4:05:50 PM
too bad. Not a good day for NASA
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Delbert
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9/8/2004 4:05:46 PM
The pieces are still there. Solar samples are still there. Is it a cup half-full or half-empty?
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Jacob Samorodin
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9/8/2004 11:29:17 PM
Reply to question below.
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et
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9/8/2004 4:33:00 PM
If they are Si disks like those used in the IC industry...
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R.L.
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9/9/2004 7:26:06 AM
re: Reply to question below.
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JimO
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9/8/2004 6:26:47 PM
I hope you didn't write this.....
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et
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9/8/2004 7:32:45 PM
re: I hope you didn't write this.....
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JimO
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9/8/2004 8:14:29 PM
re: Reply to question below.
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et
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9/8/2004 7:25:27 PM
re: Reply to question below.
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JimO
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9/8/2004 8:15:56 PM
Geez I hope you're right
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Daniel
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9/8/2004 4:35:47 PM
re: Genesis just augered in.
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Tom Brosz
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9/8/2004 4:04:10 PM
It looked like it slowed to terminal velocity.
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et
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9/8/2004 4:08:34 PM
On NASA tv someone said 100 mph.
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Delbert
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9/8/2004 4:23:57 PM
No chute, just a tumbling areoshell..
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et
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9/8/2004 4:01:09 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.