Aftersplat
Sep. 9th, 2004 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmcirvinMainly Martian talks about possible policy implications of the Genesis parachute failure.
Seriously, having already cracked stupid jokes about this, I've gotta say that I feel terrible for the scientists and engineers working on Genesis... though my definite impression is that when you work on any space science mission, you have to accept the possibility of a catastrophic failure as a large part of the business. And it sounds as if they're going to try their damnedest to get some science out of the wreckage.
Seriously, having already cracked stupid jokes about this, I've gotta say that I feel terrible for the scientists and engineers working on Genesis... though my definite impression is that when you work on any space science mission, you have to accept the possibility of a catastrophic failure as a large part of the business. And it sounds as if they're going to try their damnedest to get some science out of the wreckage.