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Stardust Probe Enters Comet's Tail Tomorrow

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the she's-breakin'-up-cap'n dept.

Tortured Potato writes "NASA's Stardust probe is about to pass through the tail of Comet Wild 2 at 11:40am PST, January 2nd. If all goes well, the probe will return the material to earth for research in 2006-- the first extraterrestrial material captured from outside the moon's orbit."

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  1. Re:To those of you who say Nasa is a waste by Deraj+DeZine · · Score: 0, Troll
    Just because some people died, doesn't mean we should completely stop space exploration. People who think like this should be shot.

    So basically you're saying that no matter what plans they have for the future, people should be killed for the glory of the space program?

    I would be more than happy to put my life in NASA's hands

    Ok, so now you're volunteering to be the first on NASA's hit list.

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    True story.