... I remember we were out having the classroom discussions preparatory to the ?vomit comet? flight, the weightless training aircraft [KC-135], and doing the spinning chair and getting parachute orientation and instructions. ...
... I had sold AXAF [Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility], I?d sold CRAF [Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby]/Cassini, and I had sold the big Mission to Planet Earth. ...
... We were going to fly out and intercept comets, fly out and land on asteroids, and do all these wonderful things with exotic ion drive with unbelievable performance. ...
... So we didn't know a lot about it, but I was fairly cautious because I would get sick on the zero-G airplane, our affectionately dubbed Vomit Comet, which I'm sure you've heard about before. ...
... So we didn't know a lot about it, but I was fairly cautious because I would get sick on the zero-G airplane, our affectionately dubbed Vomit Comet, which I'm sure you've heard about before. ...
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... As these other?the Antarctic meteorites, and then looking at the Mars return, return from a comet, were there new considerations that had to make any drastic changes? ...
... We?d be almost in a blind if we didn?t have those meteorites to analyze and understand what asteroids and comets are all about, to complement the remote sensing. ...
... As these other--the Antarctic meteorites, and then looking at the Mars return, return from a comet, were there new considerations that had to make any drastic changes? ...
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