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An article on the recovery and analysis of the Genesis probe left me laughing at the following:
Some of the containers hold as many as 96 pieces of the wafers, which are composed of silicone, gold on sapphire and geranium.
Geranium? They were sending *flowers* into space? Or maybe they meant germanium?
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eftychia, who said not too long ago:
Last night as I was drifting off to sleep I was wondering whether they could use ground-penetrating radar to get a better idea what a volcano (specifically Mt. St. Helen's) was doing. Since I hadn't heard of anyone doing that, my guess was that it only works through soil, not rock. Now that I'm up I can hit Google to find out.
And to which I replied:
Would you *really* want to volunteer to drag a GPR thingy across the top of a smoking volcano that might just erupt in a minute or two? Not to mention the earthquakes might shake your apparatus up a bit.
I do apologize, as it seems I was mistaken. According to this, they *did* use GPR on Mt. St. Helens, and they can now do it remotely, without risking volcanologists.
Finally, police are looking for the guy who shot up Siegfried & Roy's house September 21. Apparently, the suspect is a former NFL place-kicker. I just want to know, what did he have against Siegfried & Roy?
Some of the containers hold as many as 96 pieces of the wafers, which are composed of silicone, gold on sapphire and geranium.
Geranium? They were sending *flowers* into space? Or maybe they meant germanium?
Also, for
eftychia, who said not too long ago:Last night as I was drifting off to sleep I was wondering whether they could use ground-penetrating radar to get a better idea what a volcano (specifically Mt. St. Helen's) was doing. Since I hadn't heard of anyone doing that, my guess was that it only works through soil, not rock. Now that I'm up I can hit Google to find out.
And to which I replied:
Would you *really* want to volunteer to drag a GPR thingy across the top of a smoking volcano that might just erupt in a minute or two? Not to mention the earthquakes might shake your apparatus up a bit.
I do apologize, as it seems I was mistaken. According to this, they *did* use GPR on Mt. St. Helens, and they can now do it remotely, without risking volcanologists.
Finally, police are looking for the guy who shot up Siegfried & Roy's house September 21. Apparently, the suspect is a former NFL place-kicker. I just want to know, what did he have against Siegfried & Roy?