Re: [GENESIS] Egads...

From: Herb Schaltegger (herb.schaltegger_at_gmail.com.invalid)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:30:14 -0500

In article <28326d49.0409090837.6124e4e5@posting.google.com>,
 d_schneider@emulex.com (dave schneider) wrote:

> OM wrote:
> > ...I can see the results of the sample testing now:
> >
> > "Well, we managed to get some samples back, and the analysis has us a
> > bit puzzled. Either we were wrong and these samples were contaminated,
> > or there's gophers on the Sun...."
> >
> > OM
>
> Be rather ironic if it uncovered dinosaur fossils.
>
> Early reports said the probe was "spinning out of control"; was this a
> true spin, or was it a tumble? Does the answer effect the terminal
> velocity?
>
> /dps

I've seen the video (downloadable from NASAWatch.com) and it wasn't a
spin - it was most definitely a tumble - I only watched the whole thing
once but it seemed to be rotating about all three axes at variable rates
simultaneously right up until the camera lost it at impact. 

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