Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Dust In The Wind...
...all we are is dust in the wind. So goes the old Kansas tune. And now we have captured space dust - is it the stuff we are made of? I don't know, but I sure am enjoying following the NASA Stardust landing at the preceding link.
Does anybody remember the movie the Andromeda Strain? I am struck by how much the landing of the craft resembles the similar event that started the disaster that drove that film. Remember the Apollo 11 landing? We felt honor bound to lock up the astronauts in an enclosed environment for a month or so just in case. Now, we drop stuff on the desert floor and carry it way. I don't know whether to be afraid or impressed.
Does anybody remember the movie the Andromeda Strain? I am struck by how much the landing of the craft resembles the similar event that started the disaster that drove that film. Remember the Apollo 11 landing? We felt honor bound to lock up the astronauts in an enclosed environment for a month or so just in case. Now, we drop stuff on the desert floor and carry it way. I don't know whether to be afraid or impressed.
