Comments on: Genesis Probe http://robert.williamsonline.us/2004/09/genesis-probe/ I am crucified with Christ, and yet I live Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:28:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Phil in CA http://robert.williamsonline.us/2004/09/genesis-probe/#comment-808 Phil in CA Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://robert.williamsonline.us/?p=731#comment-808 [*phil enters, hanging head*] On the one hand, I'd like to pat our engineers on the back for designing a craft that can survive reentry and impact and still have some semblence of usable cargo. But it's hard to gloat about building a study craft when we can't get a chute to open. Maybe next time we should try that air bag approach like on the Mars Sojourner. For a variety of physics reasons, it might work on Earth, too. On the other hand, I kept thinking that we've spent $260 million on another hunt to validate "evolution.... origin of the solar system" yadda yadda. It's the same thing with the "water on Mars" thing. It just gets tiring to hear every space story these days go on about "evolution" and "origins" as the mission behind every probe or lander. But I see more and more NASA missions failing, too. I can't help but wonder if this is a "God thing," since we've gone from wishing "God's speed, John Glenn!" to now shooting off landers and probes in every direction to disprove God. I know, we had failures in throughout space exploration, but not like the embarassments we've had. Just my $0.02 [*phil enters, hanging head*] On the one hand, I’d like to pat our engineers on the back for designing a craft that can survive reentry and impact and still have some semblence of usable cargo. But it’s hard to gloat about building a study craft when we can’t get a chute to open. Maybe next time we should try that air bag approach like on the Mars Sojourner. For a variety of physics reasons, it might work on Earth, too.

On the other hand, I kept thinking that we’ve spent $260 million on another hunt to validate “evolution…. origin of the solar system” yadda yadda. It’s the same thing with the “water on Mars” thing. It just gets tiring to hear every space story these days go on about “evolution” and “origins” as the mission behind every probe or lander. But I see more and more NASA missions failing, too. I can’t help but wonder if this is a “God thing,” since we’ve gone from wishing “God’s speed, John Glenn!” to now shooting off landers and probes in every direction to disprove God. I know, we had failures in throughout space exploration, but not like the embarassments we’ve had. Just my $0.02

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