Those rocket scientists....turn off the motor and they lose it. :) Brian Team A.I. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Arizona Geocaching" Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:19 PM Subject: [Az-Geocaching] NASA in mourning > This is a bit off topic (unless they use GPS technology?) but we probably lost the data from the Genesis project (geez, I sound like a Star Trek Movie!) this morning. > > The project, collecting atoms and data from the sun for the past 4 years (at a cost of, um, 260 mill) was supposed to re-enter and land with the help of parachutes, and they were even worried about a chute-controlled landing....they had stunt chopper pilots ready to snag the chute to give it an even softer landing. > > Instead, the chutes failed to open and the refrigerator-sized capsule crashed to earth in Utah, creating a big crator. All that technology and the CHUTE fails?? > > We hope they can recover some of the data. In the meantime, NASA flags are at half mast (just kidding) > > Jim, anything to add? > > Trisha "Lightning" > Prescott Vly > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com