Re: [GENESIS] Egads...

From: OM (om_at_our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_research_facility.org)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:51:41 -0500

On 9 Sep 2004 09:37:20 -0700, 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...."
>
>Be rather ironic if it uncovered dinosaur fossils.

...Nah, I suspect we'll be seeing a doctored shot showing the hole,
and Bugs Bunny leaning on the rim with that bemused look on his face
that says "boy, did they take a left toin at Albuquerque or what?"

>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?

...Go download the .MOV and then advance it frame-by-frame. It's
obvious that the capsule was tumbling end-over-end as well as spinning
at ~15rpm. What I suspect they'll find happened was that the spin may
have induced tumbling, and because the capsule was tumbling the
sensors that fired the mortar based on accelleration never got the
proper readings.

...On a side note, so far we've seen this auguring remind us of three
things:

1) Roswell.

2) The saucer crash in "Men In Black I"

3) The Jupiter 2's *final* crash :-)

                                OM 

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