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Genesis is (was) the probe that has spent a large amount of time collecting solar wind, the dust and other particles thrown out by the Sun, and being them back to Earth , to allow sientists to dicover a bit more about our origins.
The amount of particles on board was only in the order of milligrams, and the idea was to capture the returning probe before it landed, by the use of drag parachutes and a couple of helicopters with booms.
Unfortunately the chutes failed to open.
Will keep you posted as to if anything is recoverable without contamination from the ground (making the substances retrieved useless)
Genesis is (was) the probe that has spent a large amount of time collecting solar wind, the dust and other particles thrown out by the Sun, and being them back to Earth , to allow sientists to dicover a bit more about our origins.
The amount of particles on board was only in the order of milligrams, and the idea was to capture the returning probe before it landed, by the use of drag parachutes and a couple of helicopters with booms.
Unfortunately the chutes failed to open.
Will keep you posted as to if anything is recoverable without contamination from the ground (making the substances retrieved useless)