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R.Wreck
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 Posted - 08/22/2004 : 15:46:30
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I first heard of this via a news story about using a stunt helicopter pilot to snag the craft after re-entry:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040820-9999-1n20stunt.html
Sounded pretty cool, so I checked out the project:
http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/index.html
They hope to capture particles from the solar wind to find out more about the conditions under which the planets formed.
About the name, Genesis:
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It is not NASA's role to address theological questions or interpretations, and Genesis' investigation will be studied as a scientific question, not a theological one.
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satans_mom
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 Posted - 08/22/2004 : 20:28:43 [Permalink]
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Hey, that's really interesting!
Ha, what are those crazy guys at NASA going to think up NEXT?!?
Lunar circuses? |
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Maverick
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Posted - 08/24/2004 : 04:15:43 [Permalink]
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It is not NASA's role to address theological questions or interpretations, and Genesis' investigation will be studied as a scientific question, not a theological one.
This was a reply to the question of whether they tried to prove or disprove the Bible. I find it silly to ask such a question. Don't we already have more answers through astronomy and cosmology than there are in the bible, and correct ones, too? Why are people still worried about the bible being incorrect, when we've known for some time that it's just ridiculous compared to science? |
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Valiant Dancer
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Posted - 09/08/2004 : 10:01:31 [Permalink]
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| Genesis is effectively over. It's parachutes apparrently failed to deploy and it made a hole in the Utah desert. They are trying to find out if the experiment was damaged. (Likely because it cracked open) |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 09/08/2004 : 11:32:21 [Permalink]
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Nah the experiment used the least dense material ever made to capture the particles. The material is like thin glass and would shatter into a thousand peices on impact, theyll be lucky if the material isnt just dust.
Personally I think it was an act of God ;)
Seriously though I think the name choice was inappropriate. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 09/08/2004 : 14:49:23 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Seriously though I think the name choice was inappropriate.
You dislike Phil Collins?
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Dude
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Posted - 09/08/2004 : 16:46:29 [Permalink]
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It's parachutes apparrently failed to deploy and it made a hole in the Utah desert.
bummer.... |
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tomk80
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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 09/09/2004 : 08:24:05 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Valiant Dancer
Genesis is effectively over. It's parachutes apparrently failed to deploy and it made a hole in the Utah desert. They are trying to find out if the experiment was damaged. (Likely because it cracked open)
I'm surprised at the minimal impact crater. I'd expected something bigger. |
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Valiant Dancer
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Posted - 09/09/2004 : 10:19:15 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Valiant Dancer
Genesis is effectively over. It's parachutes apparrently failed to deploy and it made a hole in the Utah desert. They are trying to find out if the experiment was damaged. (Likely because it cracked open)
I'm surprised at the minimal impact crater. I'd expected something bigger.
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It only hit at 309 Kph. (109 MPH) The spacecraft was designed to survive re-entry. A sudden stop in what appears to be sand seemed to further soften the blow slightly.
It's still busted up inside, though. |
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AutomaticSlim
New Member
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2004 : 14:28:08 [Permalink]
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Here's a post from a creationist forum about the Genesis crash:
>>>SPACE CAPSULE GENESIS CRASHES DISAPPOINTING EVOLUTIONIST
The $260 million space project, Genesis, aiming at discounting the Biblical account of creation, has crashed. This brings down an effort to try and bolster the theory of evolution.
The Associated Press reported,The Genesis space capsule, which promised scientists potential clues to the origin of the solar system, crashed to Earth on Wednesday after its parachute failed to deploy. It wasn't immediately known whether cosmic samples it was carrying back as part of a six-year, $260 million project had been destroyed. NASA officials believed the fragile disks that held the atoms would shatter even if the capsule hit the ground with a parachute.
This dashes the hope of many scientists as they try to fight against a growing number of scientist who are rejecting the philosophy of evolution. They are left to struggle with the question of how the intelligent design of everything from the atom to the solar system was created without intelligence.
Moody Adams News
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tomk80
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Posted - 09/10/2004 : 06:51:05 [Permalink]
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According to the New York times, some of the collector plates seemed to be intact, while others were pulverized. NASA still has it's hopes up to get 'some good science' out of the Genesis mission. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/10/2004 : 12:53:24 [Permalink]
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They should have used the balloons to land it that the Mars rovers used. That would have made fun pictures. This mornings news is most of the material was recoverable. Do you suppose the literal Bible folks will go with the conspiracy to change the data theory now?
The idea NASA would be interested in testing creation over evolution, how ludicrous. |
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