Genesis on three year mission, returned today

[911paramedic]

No parachute, crashes and buries itself on live TV.

:Q STORY

(I was watching it live, pretty embarassing for NASA I imagine)

 

[whoiswes]

watching it live as well

edit: they said it hit at around 100 MPH...ouch

/geeks of the world unite

 

[Beau]

ouch. Hope the materials it was carrying survived very expensive booboo if not.

 

[Fritzo]

Curse you! Posted seconds before me

 

[Rumpltzer]

http://www.genesismission.org/

News story on MSNBC

 

[whoiswes]

lol

 

[KLin]

hope everything inside was made out of the same stuff that the black box is made of

 

[Grey]

so much for that. How bout that weather eh?

 

[Beau]

What do you expect though, with or with out the parachute, their rescue plan was laughable.

 

[911paramedic]

Originally posted by: whoiswes
watching it live as well

edit: they said it hit at around 100 MPH...ouch

/geeks of the world unite

Only 100? Looked much faster than that, damn thing is burried to its midline too.

 

[whoiswes]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic

Originally posted by: whoiswes
watching it live as well

edit: they said it hit at around 100 MPH...ouch

/geeks of the world unite

Only 100? Looked much faster than that, damn thing is burried to its midline too.

that's what i thought too, but one of the talking heads said that's how fast they calculated it or some other such nonsense.

now they're showing the two helos flying over to where it landed.....that's gotta suck to be them. all that time and training and the friggin chute doesn't even open...

 

[joshw10]

Originally posted by: Beau
What do you expect though, with or with out the parachute, their rescue plan was laughable.

What are you talking about? You mean the plan where, according to what was reported, they went 60 for 60 in trial runs?

 

[FrustratedUser]

I'm watching this link now. Is that live or a recording?

here

 

[911paramedic]

:shocked: They just showed the overhead shot!

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Beau
What do you expect though, with or with out the parachute, their rescue plan was laughable.

Yeah, I'm a little unclear as to why they felt they needed stunt pilots to catch this thing with a hellicopter...ratings?

 

[dullard]

All the big news sources are covering the crash now. Our whole NASA plan needs heavy rethinking. Wastes a ton of money on so many failed missions. Sending people to Mars isn't the answer either.

 

[whoiswes]

live.

they're overhead now - the impact crater isn't as big as i thought it would have been....

 

[911paramedic]

How long until that overhead screencap shows up with "owned" on it?

 

[whoiswes]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
How long until that overhead screencap shows up with "owned" on it?

(opens photoshop)

 

[whoiswes]

just saw the overhead closeup - the pod is cracked open (i think)

EDIT: some official just said that it is severely damaged and did infact break up on impact...

sucks to be on the parachute recovery team right about now

 

[FrustratedUser]

Anyone got a clip of the impact?

 

[Rudee]

Now I'll never know how nebula's impact the formation of solar systems.

 

[911paramedic]

Link "Two helicopters will be waiting to grab the capsule's parachute in mid-air as it glides toward Earth, so that it will not come in contact with Earth materials and contaminate its cargo of solar wind samples."

That sure didn't go according to plan.

Edit: Damn new system hates descriptive text in links.

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

::LOL::

Yep, from MSNBC, it should read:

PWN3D: Aerial video shows the crashed Genesis probe sitting in the desert at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser
Anyone got a clip of the impact?