[meteorite-list] New Stardust Images

From: Martin Horejsi <accretiondesk_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 24 16:23:37 2006
Message-ID: <9c2f96d20601241323j3bd8a217w46ea5d16f88a21f6_at_mail.gmail.com>

If you think the scientists were nervous carrying the collector across
the lab, then you should have seen their faces when I put the
collector on my head and ran around the room pretending I was the
spacecraft!

Sort of kidding.

http://www.geocities.com/planetwhy/iamstardust.jpg

Martin



On 1/24/06, Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > I like this picture here:
> >
> > http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/141248main_jsc2006e01014_high.jpg
> >
> > The guy holding the aereogel has this "Oh God oh God please don't let me drop it" look on his face.
> > And the guy behind the window has his hands clasped together like he's praying the same thing.
>
> The guy that look's like he is praying is actually filming. He's holding up a stick,
> and on the end of the stick is a video camera. I guess they filmed it
> that way to get a better view. The scientists were taking turns holding up that stick
> that night.
>
> Also, I had misidentifed the person in the glasses. That is not Brownlee - he's
> not that short. The guy with the glasses is Fred Horz.
>
> Also, here's a photo I took last November in the same cleanroom of Fred Horz (left) and
> Tom See (right) practicing the aerogel grid separation:
>
> http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/photo/jsc095.jpg
>
> I assisted them with the procedure back then, and was there to see the grid separation with the
> real thing last week.
>
> Ron Baalke
>
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