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Dust Samples Returning to Earth at 28,860 mph

Posted by samzenpus on from the faster-than-a-speeding-bullet dept.

DjBenBen writes "After a 2.88 billion mile round-trip journey, NASA's Stardust mission is nearing Earth with comet and interstellar dust particles that could help provide answers about the origins of the solar system. Better yet, the velocity of the sample return capsule, as it enters the Earth's atmosphere at 28,860 mph, will be the fastest of any human-made object on record."

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  1. Re:Last time we attempted this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    LOL... nice. Did they get good samples out of that though?

    Scientists and engineers are idiots. Too much schooling screws up your brain. Or maybe the people with a propensity towards "book smarts" type intelligence have no business doing stuff in the real world.