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[GENESIS] Genesis retreived from hole; Science canister moved into cleanroom
....NASA is reporting on http://www.genesismission.org that Genesis has
been lifted up out of its hole, and both it and the science canister have been transported by helicopter from its impact site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base. The Genesis team will begin examining the contents of the canister on Thursday morning. It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. OM -- "No ******* ever won a war by dying for | http://www.io.com/~o_m his country. He won it by making the other | Sergeant-At-Arms poor dumb ******* die for his country." | Human O-Ring Society - General George S. Patton, Jr |
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OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes: ...NASA is reporting on http://www.genesismission.org that Genesis has been lifted up out of its hole, and both it and the science canister have been transported by helicopter from its impact site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base. The Genesis team will begin examining the contents of the canister on Thursday morning. It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. They didn't say anything like "We have a fire", or "Wildfire", did they? -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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"Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes: ...NASA is reporting on http://www.genesismission.org that Genesis has been lifted up out of its hole, and both it and the science canister have been transported by helicopter from its impact site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base. The Genesis team will begin examining the contents of the canister on Thursday morning. It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. They didn't say anything like "We have a fire", or "Wildfire", did they? It's WILD that the mortar didn't FIRE. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" writes: "Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes: ...NASA is reporting on http://www.genesismission.org that Genesis has been lifted up out of its hole, and both it and the science canister have been transported by helicopter from its impact site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base. The Genesis team will begin examining the contents of the canister on Thursday morning. It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. They didn't say anything like "We have a fire", or "Wildfire", did they? It's WILD that the mortar didn't FIRE. It's hell when you have to explain the joke. J. Nowotarsky got it... Here's a subtle hint - Dugway is where the army has its Bugs and Gas Labs - where all that CBW stuff goes on. (It's not like you could damage Utah, after all) THey're going to have a Special Team examine the recovery capsule in a Special Lab somewhere in/under thes super-secure facility. Compare and Contrast to Chricton's "Amdromeda Strain" - either the book or movie version. (AMC recently re-ran the movie) (In the book, calling a particular phone number and reporting "We have a fire" activates the Wildfire Lab and starts off the analysis process.) On a more serious note. As for the drogue gun failure - that happens. Quite a bit. It can occur for a number of different reasons, ranging from failing to remove the safety pin from the initiator's sear, to bad connectors, to the actuator logic not actually meeting with the conditions actually experienced. That's a danger with any active system - at some point, it will fail. I've seen several such failures myself - one was during an airdrop of a Sheriden tank (Well, it's not really a tank, it's an Airborne Armored Reconnaisance Vehicle - Tank Boy, my youngest brother, would attempt to casue mayhem upon me if I called a Sheriden a Tank). This produced a 30 ton frisbee, luckily with no casualties. One was a low speed ejection from a jet, with fatal results. If you've got some pyrotechnic thingy in the loop, whether it be a Primacord canopy remover, or an ejection seat initiator, or a drogue gun, or, for that matter, a car's airbag, at some point its either 1) Not going to go off when its supposed to, or 2) Going to go off when its _not_ supposed to. That's the way the Universe works. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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Peter Stickney wrote:
If you've got some pyrotechnic thingy in the loop, whether it be a Primacord canopy remover, or an ejection seat initiator, or a drogue gun, or, for that matter, a car's airbag, at some point its either 1) Not going to go off when its supposed to, or 2) Going to go off when its _not_ supposed to. That's the way the Universe works. ISTR the Shuttle's landing gear deployment (primary mechanism thereof) depends on pyrotechnics. Either of (1) or (2) would be rather bothersome. |
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Mary Pegg writes: Peter Stickney wrote: If you've got some pyrotechnic thingy in the loop, whether it be a Primacord canopy remover, or an ejection seat initiator, or a drogue gun, or, for that matter, a car's airbag, at some point its either 1) Not going to go off when its supposed to, or 2) Going to go off when its _not_ supposed to. That's the way the Universe works. ISTR the Shuttle's landing gear deployment (primary mechanism thereof) depends on pyrotechnics. Either of (1) or (2) would be rather bothersome. In the shutle's case, there are no gear actuators - just gravity adn airloads. That's to avoid just that problem. Lowering the gear is simply a matter of upening the uplocks in the wells. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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"Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" writes: "Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes: ...NASA is reporting on http://www.genesismission.org that Genesis has been lifted up out of its hole, and both it and the science canister have been transported by helicopter from its impact site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base. The Genesis team will begin examining the contents of the canister on Thursday morning. It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. They didn't say anything like "We have a fire", or "Wildfire", did they? It's WILD that the mortar didn't FIRE. It's hell when you have to explain the joke. J. Nowotarsky got it... Umm, so did I. The point being they'd hide the message a bit more subtly than coming out and saying "We have a wildfire." Since any reporter would pick up on that. -- Pete Stickney A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. -- Daniel Webster |
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It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will
be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. Will they cleaning the prairie dog brains off of it also? -- I got tired of the SPAM, so my reply email is fake. Please post any response to the group. |
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In article ,
"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" writes: "Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" writes: "Peter Stickney" wrote in message ... In article , OM om@our_blessed_lady_mary_of_the_holy_NASA_researc h_facility.org writes: ...NASA is reporting on http://www.genesismission.org that Genesis has been lifted up out of its hole, and both it and the science canister have been transported by helicopter from its impact site at the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground in Utah to a holding area next to a specially constructed clean room on the Army base. The Genesis team will begin examining the contents of the canister on Thursday morning. It is expected that what's left of the protective foil wrapping will be removed from the canister, and dirt will be brushed off before the canister is moved into the clean room for analysis of the contents. They didn't say anything like "We have a fire", or "Wildfire", did they? It's WILD that the mortar didn't FIRE. It's hell when you have to explain the joke. J. Nowotarsky got it... Umm, so did I. The point being they'd hide the message a bit more subtly than coming out and saying "We have a wildfire." Since any reporter would pick up on that. Well, they would hide the message, unless they thought that someone would think that thee'd hide the message, so then they _wouldn't_ hide the message. Unless, of course, they'd think that you'd think that they wouldn't hide the message in order to hide the message... Socrates, Plato - Morons! -- Pete Stickney |
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