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Genesis Capsule Crashes; Chutes Blamed

Posted by timothy on from the sad-moment dept.

Cyclotron_Boy writes "The Genesis probe (reported here) has crashed to the ground, near a road in the Utah desert. The stunt chopper pilots were not to blame, though. The drogue chute didn't open on re-entry. NASA TV is covering it currently. The choppers have landed near the probe, but no word yet as to the condition of the space dust." Many readers have also pointed to CNN's coverage. Update: 09/08 16:39 GMT by J : MSNBC has more coverage and a sad photo of the half-buried capsule: "The capsule broke open on impact. It was not yet clear whether the $260 million Genesis mission was ruined."

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  1. first? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mlaahahahahahaa

  2. Hmmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Probably the work of terorrists. Iran is next on our list, I say we bomb the shit out of them. The Russians will help us, surely.

    1. Re:Hmmmm by LnxAddct · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      What an asshole. What happened to America on 9/11 was horrible, and what happened to Russia was equally as horrible, especially considering that the terrorists took over a school. Make fun of our policy here in the US as much as you want, but what happend to Russia recently should not have been mentioned, show some respect. My condolences go out to the Russians. Its a shame these problems didn't end with us.
      Regards,
      Steve

  3. 2 more words by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Linux Babes!

  4. I though Genesis crashed and burned in 1997? by Jedi+Holocron · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From here:

    Genesis resurfaced in 1997 with Calling All Stations, which recalled their art-rock roots. Neither the critics nor the fans warmed to the album -- it sold poorly and the tour was equally unsuccessful.

  5. Re:Failure timeline by jlp2097 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    So I suppose 100 Mph is pretty bad then eh?
    Canadian, Eh? ;)
  6. Utah? by adeyadey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn you, Darl McBride! Damn your eyes!

    --
    "You lied to me! There is a Swansea!"
  7. MODS: TROLL ALERT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't be taken in by this idiot--he has accounts under the names bonch and Overly Critical Guy. He has a history of astroturfing for Microsoft, bashing anything Open Source, using lies and half-truths to get modded up, karma whoring, and the usual trolling (under his bonch account, he got a troll posted to the front page of Slashdot).

    All you have to do to check the veracity of this is to look at the posting history of his two old personnae (linked above) and his current one to figure it out.

    Please do not mod this jerk up--every time you do the Slashdot S/N ratio goes down while bonch/Overly Critical Guy/rd_syringe just laughs at you.

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