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Originally posted by photon@Sep 8 2004, 05:20 PM
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5942268/
The probe was in orbit around the sun with earth gathering samples of solar wind, and was supposed to come back, deploy a parafoil, and be caught by stunt men flying choppers... Unfortunately the chutes either didn't deploy, or were sheared off, and it hit the ground at 100mph.
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Well, there was always a fair chance the helicopters wouldn't catch it and it would hit the ground fairly hard with parachutes, potentially damaging or contaminating the results
But to just drill itself into the ground . . . . ouch.
Cowperson