SamusAran86
Registered Member
I woke up this morning and turned on my computer to watch the live webcast of the Genesis Probe return...
The Probe was supposed to enter the atmosphere and release a parachute to slow its decent...
A pair of helecoptors were equiped with stunt pilot's amd hooks to catch the probe by the parachute before it crashed to earth...
at about 8:50 local (AZ) time it was visible entering the atmosphere as a little shiny dot... a few minutes later you could clearly see it, spinning end over end...
The parachute never opened, it hit the ground buring itself halfway into the ground and cracking the probe, and possibly destroying the contents... nothing will be known till it is examined later
Oops! Story
The Probe was supposed to enter the atmosphere and release a parachute to slow its decent...
A pair of helecoptors were equiped with stunt pilot's amd hooks to catch the probe by the parachute before it crashed to earth...
at about 8:50 local (AZ) time it was visible entering the atmosphere as a little shiny dot... a few minutes later you could clearly see it, spinning end over end...
The parachute never opened, it hit the ground buring itself halfway into the ground and cracking the probe, and possibly destroying the contents... nothing will be known till it is examined later
Oops! Story