[meteorite-list] SOLAR SAIL UPDATE, or is it down?

Hi, The uncertainty deepens. The Russians have been giving press conferences in which they said the Volna booster shut off after 83 seconds (out of a 110 second burn), and the Cosmos 1 Solar Sail spacecraft is lost, down, re-entered, burned up, whatever. This morning, the Planetary

Re: [meteorite-list] SOLAR SAIL UPDATE, or is it down?

Reuters say Solar sail space launch failed Russian officials http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNewsstoryID=8864165 Manoj --- Sterling K. Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, The uncertainty deepens. The Russians have been giving press conferences in which they

Re: [meteorite-list] SOLAR SAIL UPDATE, or is it down?

Sterling W. wrote: Hi, The uncertainty deepens. Unfortunately, the uncertainty is diminishing if we are to believe The Planetary Society, who are not yet ready to concede a very disillusioning failure. Sadly it reminds me of the moment in Sagan's sci-fi novel Contact, when the alien