08 January 2006

NASA to Return Comet Samples to Earth

Michael Crichton wrote a book titled "The Andromeda Strain." Ring any bells?
First it faces a blistering descent, piercing the atmosphere at a record-breaking 29,000 mph the fastest re-entry of any man-made probe.

Its target is Dugway Proving Ground, a Rhode Island-sized Army base southwest of Salt Lake City where in 2004 the ill-fated Genesis probe crashed on live television after its parachute failed to open. Despite that crash, scientists recovered enough solar wind atoms for study.
What could possibly go wrong?

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