Scientists tried to pry apart a mangled NASA space capsule in hopes of salvaging its precious cargo of solar atoms Thursday, a day after the saucer-shaped probe crashed in the Utah desert.
The broken capsule was taken to a laboratory at the Army's Dugway Proving Ground, where scientists used tweezers to pick through the wreckage.
The $264 million Genesis mission, meant to reveal clues about the origin of our solar system, appeared to be streaming home to a perfect conclusion Wednesday when two parachutes failed to open and the 450-pound capsule slammed into the ground at nearly 200 mph, burying itself halfway in the sand.
"We had a mangled mess," said NASA program scientist David Lindstrom.
"KHAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
2 comments:
Isnt David dead? I thought the Klingons got him. Maybe we can contact Dr. Carol Marcus for comment.
Where are my Vulcan ears?! I need my red security uniform...!
Thus, he is unavailable for comment. *boo* *hiss*
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