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Stardust to Return January 15

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the welcome-home dept.

accessdeniednsp writes "Seven years ago, the Stardust probe was sent to intercept Comet Wild 2, gather dust particles, and return to Earth. Stardust is scheduled to touch down in a Utah desert on January 15. From the article: 'Our mission is called Stardust, in part because we believe some of the particles in the comet will, in fact, be older than the sun,' said Don Brownlee of the University of Washington, the principal investigator of the mission."

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  1. Re:I know this is silly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    The only way this could be a tad bit dangerous is if you happen to be a member of the Kansas educational board.

  2. NASA announces by metamatic · · Score: 3, Funny

    This article to return to the front page of Slashdot in a day or two.

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  3. Re:I know this is silly... by grasshoppa · · Score: 4, Funny

    The radiation from this capsule will transform anything near it..to..oh god, they're already here! SPACE ROBOTS!

    "GO STAND BY SOME STAIRS"

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  4. Ralph Yarro's ship comes in! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe it will touch down here:

    http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=355+South+520 +West,+Lindon,+UT

  5. Re:Andromeda Strain for Real? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Guess I'll have to check IMDB.com

    Quickly! We may... not have... enough... time... (gasp)

    (THUD)

  6. Except... by thesnarky1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    They forgot we use meters on Earth, and not Quantum Light Years... my guess? Big smash, nice crater, Nothing to see here folks, please move along.

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  7. Re:I know this is silly... by shawb · · Score: 1, Funny

    They just want to protect your from the TERRIBLE SECRET OF SPACE!!!!

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  8. stardust? by pintomp3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    damn, i got all excited reading the headline. i thought my fav stripclub was going to reopen. oh well. btw, no need to mark your calender, you will be reminded here in a couple days.

  9. Re:Utah? by Ranger · · Score: 4, Funny

    -1 Flaimbait? Wow! Mormons, sure are sensitive. At least I didn't say: My Xenu! It's full of Scientologists!

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  10. Re:I know this is silly... by alc6379 · · Score: 3, Funny
    But there's the possibility that life in meteorites was just burned away traveling through the atmosphere at high speeds. I would assume that Stardust would have been designed to keep things from getting TOO hot, so those lifeforms that were previously burned away might possibly have more of a chance to make it to the surface unharmed.

    That's true-- and come to think of it, I'm not going to be anywhere near those lifeforms once they're taken off of the probe. Once they find out our atmosphere has been burning up their relatives, they're going to be PISSED.

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