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Watch Stardust come home
Cool I'll be watching for it!
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12/27/2005 9:12:06 AM
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Watch Stardust come home
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Tom Brosz
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12/27/2005 6:46:12 AM
Genesis crash helps Stardust reentry
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SteveS
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12/29/2005 11:31:05 PM
uhhhhh, the 'chutes GONNA OPEN this TIME?
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carl
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12/27/2005 8:59:55 PM
That's why the original Mars Sample Return design didn't use chutes
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Larry J
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12/27/2005 10:50:26 PM
There are costs and risks with a system designed to survive impact, too.
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alcaray
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12/28/2005 4:18:25 PM
There are costs and risks associated with everything
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Larry J
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12/29/2005 4:12:09 PM
Answer to your question depends partially on how heavy your survivor capsule has to be.
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alcaray
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12/29/2005 4:40:44 PM
The Apollo capsules used chutes......
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SDF
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12/28/2005 8:13:12 AM
Humans have G limitations that soil samples don't
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Larry J
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12/28/2005 3:19:47 PM
re: Watch Stardust come home
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steve smyth
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12/27/2005 7:09:05 PM
And land smack in Peterborough, Ontario on you know whose house. ;-)
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Jacob Samorodin
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12/27/2005 11:13:51 PM
re: And land smack in Peterborough, Ontario on you know whose house. ;-)
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steve smyth
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12/28/2005 12:19:50 AM
I'm hoping to see a parachute this time....
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et
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12/27/2005 7:03:54 PM
Cool I'll be watching for it!
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Buck Galaxy
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12/27/2005 9:12:06 AM
Along with listening for it...
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SteveS
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12/27/2005 2:31:20 PM
Would airbags have helped for a more secure landing?
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LJK
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12/28/2005 3:18:41 AM
The added weight involved would not allow it
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SteveS
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12/28/2005 3:56:52 PM
Penny wise but pound foolish
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LJK
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12/28/2005 7:30:42 PM
re: Penny wise but pound foolish
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Doug Ellison
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12/29/2005 11:18:52 AM
Snowball effect
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Larry J
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12/29/2005 3:22:24 PM
re: Snowball effect
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LJK
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12/30/2005 3:05:29 AM
NASA Aircraft Crew to Observe Stardust's Homecoming
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LJK
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1/4/2006 7:39:12 PM
Interview with Donald Brownlee
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LJK
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1/4/2006 8:13:45 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.