OCR Text |
Show Friday, September 10,2004 At A Glance News Editor: Shane Farver APTAIN KIBMAN " "Gimme An 'R'!" by Sprengelmeyer & Davis I'LL BET THERE'S SOME REALLY PRETTY GIRLS ON THAT SHOW/ SPECIAL ON CHEERLEADING. Phone: 626-7655 YOU'RE WATCHING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION! Friday, September 10 ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AND RUDY GIULIANI ARE MORE "CUTE" THAN PRETTY. SO I WAS RIGHT Genesis space capsule crashes into Utah desert capsule without its parachute, it was clear something was wrong. Instead of watching By Gwyneth K. Shaw the daring mid-air maneuver to capture it, Knight Ridder Tribune they saw Genesis tumbling wildly, end over end, and spinning out of control. "Our hearts started racing a little faster, After three years and a 2 million mile and before you knew it, it was on the journey toward the sun, NASA's Genesis ground," Sweetnam said. space capsule smashed into the Utah desert After hitting the ground at nearly 200 Wednesday when a pyrotechnic charge mph, the 420-pound capsule partly sank failed to deploy its parachute. into the desert floor with a splash of sand Somber NASA scientists say they don't debris around it. know whether the*precious samples that NASA will name a team to investigate Genesis collected on its $264 million what went wrong with the mission, which mission were destroyed. started with a launch from Kennedy Space It broke a string of successes for the Center in August 2001. robotic exploration program at the National Andrew Dantzler, the solar system Aeronautics and Space Administration, division director at NASA headquarters in which had planned to use a Hollywood Washington, said the accident was not a stunt pilot in a helicopter to snag the probe worst-case scenario because the container by its parachute as it floated gently toward holding the samples was not destroyed. Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Genesis was the first attempt to bring Scientists said they hoped Genesis' back samples from space since the Apollo cargo, particles of solar wind collected on missions fetched moon rocks back to Earth. If scientists can salvage any of the samples, special tiles, survived the crash. "There is still hope for a science result it will be thefirsttime material from beyond for this mission," said Don Sweetnam, the the moon has been brought back to this project manager for Genesis at NASA's Jet planet. During its journey, Genesis traveled to a Propulsion Laboratory. point just under 1 million miles from Earth When mission managers spotted the Crossword See Solutions page 10 ACROSS 1 Shadow cast 6 Public exhibition 10 Lady of the haus 14 Continental currency 15 Mountain lion 12 |22 1 •Faculty oboe recital featuring Bonnie Schroeder; 7:30 p.m.; Val A. Browning Center; Room 136 (Garrison Choral Room); free. For more information, call 626-6431. where the gravities of the planet and the sun Saturday, September 11 are balanced. The spacecraft orbited the •WSU Alumni Association will point five times, a "halo"orbit; meaning the host the 22nd Annual WSU Alumni spacecraft orbited an empty spot in space, Coca-Cola 5K Challenge, 8 a.m,;/ not a physical object. Genesis began collecting particles of solar Health & Physical Ed Complex; wind in December 2001, and continued S15-S18, proceeds support the WSU until April, when it began a series of looping Alumni Scholarship Fund. For more information, call 626-6564. maneuvers to send it back toward Earth. Scientists are interested in the solar wind samples to help them understand ••WSU's Wilderness Recreation the composition of the solar nebula, out of Center will hold an outdoor which, some scientific theories hold, the leadership session on top rope site current variety of planets, moons and other management; 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.; location bodies formed. and cost TBA. For more information, Scientists hope to examine the ratio of call 626-6373. isotopes of different matter contained in the sample material, to help them better •WSU's Small Business Development understand the solar system. The samples were gathered by five Center will hold a Start Smart collector arrays, each one about one yard class; 10 .a.m.-noon; WSU Davis in size and studded with 55 hexagonal tiles, Campus; Room 117 (2750 North each about 4 inches across. The tiles were of University Park Blvd. in Layton); varying materials, from silicon to sapphire, free. Please Pre-register, 626-7051 or each designed to pinpoint different bkingl@weber.edu. elements when they are analyzed. During the journey, the arrays were •Northern Utah Food Corporative Inc. tucked inside a super-clean canister to sponsoring a community food drive; prevent the sample material from being contaminated. While it was in space, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; a Grant semi trailer instruments on board the spacecraft also will be parked at Albertsons (5691 S. Harrison Blvd.) and Harmons (37 measured changes in the solar wind. The mid-air catch was designed to Harrisville Rd.); groceries may also be prevent Genesis from hitting the ground, dropped off at Catholic Community even with a parachute, because the tiles Services warehouse (2504 F Ave.). inside are thatfragile.So program managers Emergency food warehouse shelves knew when it splattered on the ground that are almost empty; the support of they would be lucky to recover anything the community is needed to ensure from the mission. families don't go hungry. 27 16 Fewer 17 Put back into a slot 19 Church recess 20 Curly-leafed vegetable 21 Snuggled 23 Hobgoblin 27 Change players 28 Competently 29 Name 31 Authorization 32 Relax 35 Cheroot, e.g. * 37 Gal at the ball 38 Nobleman's realm 40 Charged particle 43 Engage in a dispute 44 Sell door-todoor 46 Synagogue figure 49 Faucet 51 Beattyfilm 52 Blue pigments 54 Most out of practice 57 Bet 59 Gambrel or mansard 60 Ms. Fitzgerald 61 Pupil's oral delivery 66 Notices 67 Saloons 13 •Weekly Overeaters Anonymous meeting; 11:30 a.m.; Student Service Center; Room 152; free. For more information, call 626-6361. Corrections Letters Friday High: 85 1 Low: 60* 68 69 70 71 Wait on Small pie Coin aperture Tasty goody DOWN 1 Sun. talk 2 Shade or tone 3 Jackie's second 4 Asses 5 Prose piece 6 Move farther apart 7 Simple dwelling 8 Prophetic sign 9 Walker in water 10 Railroad vehicle 11 Slo-mo shot 12 Take stock of 13 18 22 23 24 25 26 30 33 34 36 39 40 41 Familiar with 42 Snug retreat Shade tree 43 Side by side Bread seed 45 Aimless Hairless wanderer Orchestra 46 Most crude member 47 Flowering shrub Gooey mass 48 Taps player Part of NRC 50 Stickler for Auction offer correctness More uncanny 53 Belgrade Pester residents continuously 55 Drunkard Republicans 56 Banquet salute Furrow 58 Pass out cards fixe 62 -Magnon (obsession) 63 Anger % Automobile 64 Latin eggs pioneer Ransom 65 Final profit Submissions Please submit to The Signpost offices in person SUB #267 or e-mail natalie@wsusignpost.com or call 626-7974 . for more information. Saturday High: 87* Low: 6 1 ' Sunday High: 85; Low: 57* |