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NASA Recovers Genesis

Posted by michael on from the any-landing-you-can-walk-away-from dept.

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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  1. Pyros never triggered by Somegeek · · Score: 5, Informative
    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

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  2. This just in... by MasterDirk · · Score: 5, Funny
    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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