Genesis Spacecraft chutes fail to open crashes in Utah

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http://www.cnn.com/

Your tax dollars in the toilet!

[Charlie]

They cut corners, tried to use a 1960's recovery technique, and it didn't work.

Hasn't been a good couple of years for NASA.

-Charlie

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That plus the freaking chutes didn't open! Whats up with that???

[Jon325i]

That plus the freaking chutes didn't open! Whats up with that???

Damn American made parachutes :P

Jon

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That plus the freaking chutes didn't open! Whats up with that???

Damn American made parachutes :P

Jon

Is it just me or is THAT technology pretty mature & therefore shouldn't not work????

DUHHH I DUNNO!?

[Ryan Stewart]

I dunno, parachutes have managed to keep me from breaking up into peices on the surface of the earth a few times. Maybe its because I am not worth a billion dollars.

"it has broken apart on the desert floor" , why not on the desert ceiling? Or the desert wall?

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I dunno, parachutes have managed to keep me from breaking up into peices on the surface of the earth a few times. Maybe its because I am not worth a billion dollars.

"it has broken apart on the desert floor" , why not on the desert ceiling? Or the desert wall?

Interesting you bring this up, I got this from a "breaking news" email from CNN.com. Is it only breaking news because: "it has broken apart on the desert floor" Would it not be breaking news otherwise?

[Ryan Stewart]

Possibly. Or else we would have had to call it crashing news.