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Capturing Genesis

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-just-bizarre dept.

cbull writes "USA Today has an article about practice for the attempts to capture the Genesis capsule. Helicopter stunt pilots will have 5 chances to capture the 400-lb. capsule. Military pilots were unavailable, due to the 6-year commitment required."

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  1. 400lbs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Spock put on some weight.

  2. Re:6 year commitment? by Eunuchswear · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    A military pilot might be committed elsewhere on that particular day. Somewhere that couldn't have been predicted 6 years ago.

    Say, Afghanistan.

    Yup that's true. Any dumbass could have predicted that military pilots would be needed in Iraq, but Afghanistan, why, even GWB couldn't guess that.

    Even when Bill told him.

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  3. Re:6 year commitment? by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    1. So why didn't Bill C. do something about it? After all...he knew, right?

    2. Tell us, o sage. Where will military helicopter pilots be active on September 8, 2010? Haiti? Sudan? Yemen? Saudi Arabia? Chechnya?
    Where will a particular pilot be in 2010?

  4. Re:In Utah? by anakin876 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ah hell, just because SCO is in Utah doesn't mean ou have to blame all the Mormons for it. Not everyone in Utah is Mormon, and not everyone here owns stock in SCO

  5. hope it doesn't.... by sjs132 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Have the Omega Strain aboard....

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