Stardust Returned

[billroper]

Via Instapundit, the Stardust mission successfully landed the return capsule on Earth, carrying samples collected from the tail of Comet Wild 2. The previous Genesis mission had the return capsule crack open on landing, which limited the usefulness of the samples.

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[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

Apparently they'll be runninga project somewhat similar to the SETI@Home project... where they will send you pictures of the aerogel samples and you'll have to look them over to see if you can identify dust trails in the gel so they know where to find the pieces of comet dust they're looking for. Looks like they have an upfront diagnostic test to see if you're able to identify the dust lines before they send you pictrues of actual samples. Details are here... http://stardustathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/