Chopper Pilots Train to Catch Space Probe
mav[LAG] writes "Hollywood helicopter pilots have been training for a unique catch planned for September: they will hopefully snag in midair the parachute of a capsule dropped by the Genesis project before it touches down in the Utah desert. The capsule will contain collector arrays of solar particles that should, er, shed some light on the origins of the solar system."
They could always put your mom in the current path of the train to redirect it. since her face could send a train down a dirt road.