Hey! Why am I turing green?

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Hey! Why am I turing green?

REB — 9/8/2004 8:51:04 PM (archived)

Space dust has been raining down on the Earth since the Earth formed, and it still is.

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

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