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Astronomy => Alerts! Questions? Discussions... => Topic started by: Mike on Apr 23, 2004, 01:50:00

Title: Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth Sept. 2004 in dramatic m
Post by: Mike on Apr 23, 2004, 01:50:00
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/genesis/mission/return.html
Title: Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth Sept. 2004 in dramatic m
Post by: Rick on Apr 23, 2004, 01:57:00
Hmmm... That's going to be an interesting game of Catch! :wink:
Title: Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth Sept. 2004 in dramatic m
Post by: Mike on Apr 23, 2004, 02:00:00
Certainly must be worthy of a prize for the most novel way of landing a spacecraft!
Title: Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth Sept. 2004 in dramatic m
Post by: Rick on Apr 23, 2004, 21:14:00
Well, The USAF used something similar to recover film from Corona spy satellites way back when. I think the pick-up aircraft was something like a C-130 rather than a chopper, but the idea was much the same. A sort-of reverse mechanism was also tested which allowed a suitably modified C-130 (or similar) to grab a stranded airman out of the sea by snagging a line suspended from a kite or balloon.
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