Yeah, real smart of those recovery folk to land a frigging black hawk on top of the capsule. Nothing like those big rotor blades kicking up as much dust and sand as possible to make sure the capsule is good and contaminated... sheesh. What were those guys thinking?! -Rich --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
Dear friends,
This morning I uploaded 10 photos onto my Utah Astronomy album, showing a reporter's eye view of the Genesis mishap, Sept. 8. I made a separate album within my main one; it's on the second page of the main album.
As you probably know, the media was not allowed in the area where the capsule capture was to take place. Instead, we were gathered in a huge hanger at Dugway Proving Ground's Michael Army Air Field. That's where the capture helicopters took off and were to bring back the capsule. The reentry itself was about 31 miles from the hanger. We watched the mishap live on TV (one seemed a high resolution screen). I took some pictures and have posted a few in my album, which you can access by following the link at the bottom of this note.
Best wishes, Joe Bauman
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