NASA Recovers Genesis

zjango writes "CNN carrying this... 'The Genesis capsule which crashed in the Utah desert Wednesday has been lifted out of its impact crater and moved to a holding area, NASA reported on its Web site. Scientists were cautiously optimistic that the payload -- dozens of fragile tiles that had collected particles of the solar wind for about two years -- could still yield viable material.'"

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Pyros never triggered

[Somegeek]

New Scientist is reporting that the pyros never went off to trigger the parachute sequence. NASA doesn't know yet why they didn't go off; batteries, sensors and the electronics responsible are being looked at as possible causes.

http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns999 96379

Another CNN Story, More Pictures

[AndyCampbell]

Here's another CNN story with a few more pictures of the capsule after being recovered and brought back to a hangar.

Sorry to burst your bubble

[Royster]

But particles from the solar wind interact with and penetrate the Earth's atmosphere and have been doing so for billions of years. Perhaps you need to modify your tinfoil hat to include a mask and rebreather device so that you can be safe from those alien particles.

This just in...

[MasterDirk]

Preliminary research on the materials recovered from the probe lead scientists to conclude that the sun is indeed composed mainly of sand and broken glass.

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