Welcome Back, Stardust
PostedSun Jan 15, 2006 5:13 am
Our first comet sample return mission. http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/news/status/060114.html
I can dig it.
Seven years, 3 billion miles, millions of dollars...all for a thimble full of comet dust. Still, reams of science info to come. Just hope no one sneezes in the lab.The last few hours of the Stardust mission will be filled with significant milestones..... The velocity of the sample return capsule as it enters Earth's atmosphere at 46,440 kilometers per hour (28,860 miles per hour) will be the greatest of any human-made object on record.
I can dig it.