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Topic: Hahahaha Genesis...
Posted By: paintballman_13
Subject: Hahahaha Genesis...
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 4:59pm
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/08/genesis.entry.cnn/index.html - NASA Morons

Wait a sec... How did it slow down to 100MPH from 25 000+MPH without anything to slow it down? (parachute, parafoil)



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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:02pm
dude, its not the easiest stuff in the world.

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Posted By: dye4dom420
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:03pm
I'm two sided on this.

I agree with bravecoward how it's not easy.

On the other hand, while spending all that money on these things, don't you think they should give thereselves time to make sure it's gonna work correctly, instead of rushing to it just to get disaster..


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Posted By: TippmannBro
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:04pm

Is that taxpayer money that is spread out all over the desert in that picture?

Smooth move NASA...

It may be hard stuff, but they are definatley getting paid enough to do it. This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened.



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Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:05pm
Morons...  This is our tax dollars at work...

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Posted By: paintballman_13
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:05pm
But the way they were doing it was idiotic. Catching it with helicopters? What were they thinking?

This is for bravecoward


Posted By: tvthemesamurai
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:10pm

Originally posted by paintballman_13 paintballman_13 wrote:

How did it slow down to 100MPH from 25 000+MPH without anything to slow it down? (parachute, parafoil)

see newton's law is .....a body at motion stay in motion without interfernce.... or something of that nature. well n interference could be friction  fom the air .

 



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Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:15pm
there goes my dreams of being an astronaut....

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Posted By: paintballman_13
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:17pm
Originally posted by tvthemesamurai tvthemesamurai wrote:

Originally posted by paintballman_13 paintballman_13 wrote:

How did it slow down to 100MPH from 25 000+MPH without anything to slow it down? (parachute, parafoil)


see newton's law is .....a body at motion stay in motion without interfernce.... or something of that nature. well n interference could be friction fom the air .




Things speed up when coming into the atmosphere. Near the bottom it said that it was going towards the planet at 600MPH and then it sped up to 25 000+MPH


Posted By: paintballman_13
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:22pm
Originally posted by hoginds24 hoginds24 wrote:

there goes my dreams of being an astronaut....


Why? This thing was only collecting solar particles.


Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:34pm
Originally posted by paintballman_13 paintballman_13 wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/08/genesis.entry.cnn/index.html - NASA Morons

Wait a sec... How did it slow down to 100MPH from 25 000+MPH without anything to slow it down? (parachute, parafoil)

There was plenty to slow it down, it's called friction caused by the atmosphere.

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Posted By: pimptastik
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 5:37pm

Originally posted by mbro mbro wrote:

Originally posted by paintballman_13 paintballman_13 wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/space/09/08/genesis.entry.cnn/index.html - NASA Morons

Wait a sec... How did it slow down to 100MPH from 25 000+MPH without anything to slow it down? (parachute, parafoil)

There was plenty to slow it down, it's called friction caused by the atmosphere.

or maybe we can get lucky and it will be paintballman_13



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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 6:34pm

If Nasa screws up anymore in the next 2 years, I think that it will be the final nail in the coffin. You say its not easy....hmmmm....Thats thier job, they have nothing better to do than to do test upon test.

If I was pres, I would try to reform Nasa. Na screw it, I would give it back to the air force, they did more in their short time than Nasa ever has.



Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 6:37pm
Your tax dollars at work..hey it happens...and spell genius right.

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Posted By: paintballman_13
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 6:38pm
Originally posted by Benjichang Benjichang wrote:

Your tax dollars at work..hey it happens...and spell genius right.


Where was it spelt wrong?


Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 6:38pm
The title of this thread..

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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 6:39pm
Meh..my bad...spell Genesis right

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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 7:04pm
NASA sure is good at crashing stuff.

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Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 7:46pm

Originally posted by Enos Shenk Enos Shenk wrote:

NASA sure is good at crashing stuff.

The reason I want to work for them...



Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 7:58pm
NASA=pointless. Screw space, work on curing cancer or something.....

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Posted By: paintballman_13
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 9:33pm
Originally posted by PlentifulBalls PlentifulBalls wrote:

NASA=pointless. Screw space, work on curing cancer or something.....


What if theres a cure for cancer in space?


Posted By: newport
Date Posted: 08 September 2004 at 9:45pm
I don't think that any of us are allowed to call NASA "morons"...especially after the types of posts I read on here...

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