Genesis: Data in good condition

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Genesis: Data in good condition

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday September 13, 2004 @06:54AM from the can-your-hard-drive-do-that dept.

Oxidation writes "Space.com is reporting that the Genesis satellite crash isn't as bad as it appeared to be in the first place. Furthermore, a prime particle-gathering device "appears intact" states Don Sevilla. (Genesis payload recovery leader at NASA's JPL)"

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Kirk. Kirk, you're still alive, my old friend. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 06:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Still... Old... Friend. You've managed to kill just about everyone else. But like a poor marksman you keep missing the target.
Ha! by AKAImBatman · 2004-09-13 06:57 · Score: 5, Funny

And here Khan thought he left my probe as I left him!

Buried alive,
Buried alive,
Buried aliiiivvveee...

KHHHHAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!

(So I'm feeling a bit cheeky today. So sue me. No, I'm not worth anything.) ;-)

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Good news from NASA! by nightsweat · 2004-09-13 06:58 · Score: 5, Funny

No, not about Genesis.
They just saved a ton of money on their car insurance...

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Budget cuts by papasui · 2004-09-13 07:00 · Score: 5, Funny

I can just see some bureaucrat using this as proof to cut funding from the space program. No need to invest in landing gear, just let it crash. :) But seriously that's a testimate to how well they build and designed it.
lol... by here4fun · 2004-09-13 07:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Genesis, which launched in 2001, carries a $264 million price tag.
And to think I freaked out when I dropped my bookbag with my laptop inside it. They should have used something better than a parachute.

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Preliminary Results by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 07:02 · Score: 5, Funny

After studying preliminary data from the recovered probe, scientists are reporting that the Sun seems to have originated in the Utah desert.

"We're finding embedded silicon dioxide particles that are unique to Utah."
My ears are in better condition by lateralus_1024 · 2004-09-13 07:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Anything to get Phil Collins away from the microphone and strictly in charge of drums.
Oh,the other Genesis...

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Sensitive NASA Instruments by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-13 07:13 · Score: 5, Funny

"Sevilla said experts are 'peeling back the layers of the onion,' using a flashlight and a small mirror on a stick to explore inside the fractured, garbage-can-sized capsule."

A flashlight and a small mirror on a stick...only cutting edge technology will do for NASA...
Imagine sorting through that mess....... by ARRRLovin · 2004-09-13 07:25 · Score: 5, Funny

(looks through microscope and sorts through particles with tweezers)

Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Utah, Solar!, Utah, Utah, Utah......

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Re:Thing is. by whopis · 2004-09-13 07:26 · Score: 5, Funny

With the possibility of contamination, will most of the scientific world be taken the results gained from Genesis with a pinch of salt?
Well, if they were not contaminated already, taking them with a pinch of salt would do the trick....
Priceless by hckrdave · 2004-09-13 07:27 · Score: 5, Funny

1 Probe $280 Million Dollars 2 Stunt Helicopters $30 Million Dollars Watching a 280 million dollar probe crash at 200 MPH.... PRICELESS Money cant buy everything, but i bet this time it bought the lowest bidder :-)

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Kirk says by Prince+Vegeta+SSJ4 · 2004-09-13 07:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Khan "Then you will transfer all data pertaining the project named..Genesis"
Kirk "Genesis? What's that?"
Khan "Don't insult my intelligence Kirk"
Kirk "Im not, the enterprise "SuperComputer," is working busily to find money-saving deals for you. You can even name your own price for this 'Genesis' "
Khan "Damn, I payed too much for staying at Ceti Alpha V"
Re:Mirror and Stick? by jfengel · 2004-09-13 07:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Of course not. That's a $26,000 triple-autoclaved, platinum-coated, Swiss optic mirror, affixed to a $43,424 surgical steel stick, made to NASA's exacting specifications down to the micrometer. The 3M company launched a whole new division to create the special cellphane tape (release strength 3.434 KPa +/- .002 KPa), $113,285 per yard (but they only used about six inches; the rest is being used to tape the fragments together).