Hi Mark, Good question. Yes, Stardust does use the same system, however, the schematics for Genesis had the accelerometer upsidedown. Therefore the system failed.
The schematics for Stardust have the accelerometer in the correct position. Assuming the engineers install the parts according to plan, things will be fine. Also, the Stardust SRC is designed for a hard landing. Hopefully a parachute will deploy, but if not, it won't be the same situtation as Genesis. Cheers, Martin On 11/28/05, mark ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Doesn't stardust use EXACTLY the same parachute detonator that the ill > fated Genesis used (or didn't use in this case!) ? > > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin > Horejsi > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 5:23 PM > To: Meteorite List > Subject: [meteorite-list] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Signup Now! > > Hi All, > > While [EMAIL PROTECTED] searched for something that might be there, the > upcoming [EMAIL PROTECTED] will search actual material! > > Although the program is not up and running, namely because it is still > 51 days till there is something to study, you can preregister for the > program. Here is their website: > > http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ > > BTW: If you are not paying attention to the STARDUST mission, you are > missing out on history in the making. Other than Lunar meteorites, > this will be the first mission (I think) that will provide some > sample-returned ground truth for solar system bodies outside the > earth-moon system. > > Cheers, > > Martin > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
