| Show 4 A6 The Sdi UTMINATION 14rintAIrs Utah audiences watch in dismay as capsule slams into desert I:Y 1:FLANDON lha Sub 1411rf When the Genesis capsule came tumbling into ifrN Wednesday and a NASA announuer noted that its parachute had failed to open scattered Vxoans tame from the crowd watching a live NASA 11111 at Salt Lake City's K ingsbury hail Me groans grew louder when the capsule slammed unchecked into Utah's west desert floor "When the screen went to white and they said !the capsulel hit the ground it kind of shocked me" said chemical engineering student Ryan White a junior at the University of Utah and a self described space buff "I feel bad for NASA that it didn't work out but I hope the damage was minimal so they can collect some data from this project" "It was really disappointing" said Lars lzaaler a University of Utah graduate student in mathematics "It looked like a good PR thing They !NASA! had this event and helicopters and hype and everything and then it fizzles" Although the public was not allowed at laigway Proving Growl hundreds of Utah students scientists and space buffs gathered at Wasatch Front theaters to watch live broadcasts of the botched Genesis landing 4 -- - --- -- -- ' iLi-- - 7 l'i ' 8 1 1 '''R' - 1 s 11 0' - ''-- ' A 1 11!41' 14S- 1 00 1 it i ' ' - - 'A 1 - 'A 4 '1'"' - '' St Continued from Al plans to eliminate 6000 to 7000 witions nationwide during the next 18 months and to cut wages and benefits but the effect of the job cutbacks on Delta's 4500 Utah employees is unclear he said in an interview "One of the things we don't know is what effect Dallas-For- t Worth will have on Salt Lake City and Salt Lake City compete on transcontinental business" Last month analysts following Delta's declining fortunes speculated its Salt Lake City hub would be closed along with Dallas-For- t Worth because neither Seems able to turn a profit but Grinstein said Salt Lake City is strategically important to Delta "Salt Lake City has a good base of traffic" he said "While it is not now profitable we have done enough of an evaluation to know if we get our costs down we should be able to make a living there" The Salt Lake City hub will need further "tuning and adjustments to make it work" "Salt Lake City is slightly too far west" Grinstein said "Denver is the preferred place But it Salt Lake City does provide Seven 0 ' :lii 1 tl ' t e Continued from Al ‘ l - 7 I AI 1EA II I It 'cmJrU5dt LAT MIMI' Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission operations engineers Carole Boyles left and Nicole Rappaport react to news that the Genesis spacecraft is tumbling out of control toward the ground Wednesday Former Michael Army Air Field a crowd of media and VIPs gathered to watch the catch on closed-circui- t TV Applause broke out as a ground camera caught the first blurry glimpse of the probe in the upper atmosphere at 9:55 Capsule sans chute lands hard midair retrieval Researchers said even broken pieces would still house their solar partiprecious atom-sizecles simply leaving scientists with an unexpected jigsaw am CAmtinued from Al cargo can be salvaged "What you have here is a component failure" said Chris Jones director of solarsystem pxploration for NASA's Jet Itopiilsion Laboratory "We don't know which One A parafoil which is like a parachute also failed to emerge The parafoil would have slowed the capsule to about 20 mph as it spiraled down over the US Air Force's Utah Test and Training itange Instead the diameter capsule slammed into the ground at nearly 200 mph Sticking halfway out of the ground the probe resembled a crashed UFO "The capsule was obviously not designed to withstand that k ind of impact" Jones said It was another In a line of problems for NASA Even before last year's Columbia space shuttle disaster a pair of probes and l999 - disappeared shortly after reaching the planet The Genesis mishap could renew debate about whether NASA's "faster better cheaper" philosophy toward science missions works But NASA scientists stressed that the $264 minim mission is not a complete failure as they hope that some data can be salvaged from the wreckage The particles (tithe sun gleaned from solar wind could offer new insights into the origins of the solar system As scientists figure out what's left of the mission NASA plans to form a Mishap Investigation Board within 72 hours Engineers are already trying to identify the problem "We're going to embark on a very intensive data review" Jones said At a hangar on Dugway's But as the capsule came into focus it appeared to be tumbling The hangar fell into stunned silence as people began to realize there was a serious problem Moments later it crashed The news was slow to sink in for Dan Rudert one of the stunt pilots scheduled to help with the midair grab "We had three calls before we could accept the fact that the chute never opened" said Budert who is a Salt Lake City native "It was disbelief and disappointment" Roger Wiens a Ios --- Alamos puzzle With various collector materials made in differing thick- nesses scientists are optimistic they can figure out what type of solar samples they recovered "We don't know the condition of the collectors that hold the science" said Andrew Dantzler solar system division director for NASA Ile said that the was not the worst-casscenario The probe could have veered off course and slammed into a mountainside breaking into pieces Jones said while a midair parafoil recovery was preferred a crash landing was an The anticipated possibility crash set a contingency plan into motion to assess the damage and start recovering the science Don Sevilla of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said it that appeared pyrotechnic charges designed to release the parachute failed to fire A ground team was set to decide whether to retrieve the entire capsule orjust pull out the science payload in the blood — the risk of cardiac death was more than five times greater Ray and his colleagues found That translates to six deaths for every 10000 people taking erythromycin for the typical two weeks while on the other drugs "This is an unacceptably high risk" Ray said realized the Nobody ' half-burie- inner science payload was also breached But even a can full of broken plates should be salvageable The main concern now is that gases from the atmosphere and salt could contaminate the solar samples "It's actually quite surprising how little damage there was" said Roy Haggard of Vertigo a company that helped plan the et 0 V - D I ' 0 41 ! - $ t '41111133 Fool It to Beliovo It NAK Mattress Co 83 W 3300 466-460- 2 S tin researcher involved : oteriouco E SL0 GCoa''- Enter to Win an Opportunity to Meet Tony Stewart in Miami Plus a Chance to be an Honorary Pit Crew Member on The No Purchase Necessary Sweepstakes begins 7 7104 93004 and ends on 7 i te — — I '41 --- See Official Rules in - stores partkipoting St 7 ) h ' 171---'- : pi k e 1 "" I J 1 i I t hi ' ( I 1 44 ' -— Ir t ul P"'" si bl ' i ' ' ''-- ' ' ) " I 5) are suffering from depression you may qualify for a clinical research on an investigational medication Participants must be at least 18 and may receive compensation for time and travel All exams and experimental medication or oist!s!111111P-717placebo are at no charge studd d 10111-- F::- ett t'' - O)11 :ttil 0 y ' 45 -41 - trta el gi e) et 0' : h 414 't11- E:Decoression - — ' Everyone goes through times of feeling down or unmotivated in their lives But for people with depression feeling very sad or having no interest in activities can go on for a long time Sometimes this even happens to people whose lives are going well u! s 4 -- I1 di ' 1 t - N all details fun PI 1 ''' 1 1r bi HI ' ''''' -- FL h I 4 I "' 1 00Oi t al - 20 Home Depots Racing Team - '' I T Zt R glavineasitribcom N litlecloil—p Ae"Z ! kf Q Part of the '20 Home Depot® Pit Crew for a Day Giveaway 2004 Be a N 11140A- 7 at Your Salt Lake Area Home Depor Store project said a faulty sensor or an electronics problem could be the culprit The collector plates probably will be moved to a clean room by today The samples then will be secured for a truck ride to NASA's Johnson Space Center in liousten I A JM 0Ea07i5 Ccae 0) 23C) in the - — th e (1(7tN — 4 - t b( IA !MN ---- ( el crash-landin- study-relate- -4f much more commonly used erythromycin pills — usually sold as a generic — along with certain medicines for infections and calcium channel blockers for high blood pressure Ray said the danger seems to come from other drugs slowing the breakdown of erythromycin which increases its concentration At high levels it traps salt inside resting heart muscle cells prolonging the time until the next heartbeat starts and sometimes triggering an abnormal potentially fatal rhythm The findings show doctors should choose an alternative antibiotic Ray said at least when prescribing the drugs that interact i If you - About 650 Delta pilots live in Utah primarily in Wasatch and Summit counties ir no-chu- National Laboratory researcher who helped design several in- stniments for Genesis shook his head as he saw the grounded capsule "Seeing it come down is a lot better than losing it" he said The capsule held a series of delicate collector plates that were exposed to various types of solar wind NASA officials said the outer capsule - r it tI their intentions" magnitude of the problem before said Muhamed Saric a cardiologist and director of the electrocardiology laboratory at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark "It was thought that erythromycin is a generally safe drug" Most heart doctors knew erythromycin alone carried a slight risk because of some individual reports on patient deaths mostly in people who took the drug intravenously However family doctors are less likely tO know about it Saric said This study in today's New England Journal of Medicine was the first to systematically document the risk It focused on headed high-profil- Delta d give-back- s r f Dallas-base- Connection aircraft also will return to Utah "It will help us consolidate our operation in Salt Lake City" Ilart said said SkyWest Grinstein probably will not see demands or restructuring for of its contract with Delta We just renegotiated our contract with SkyWest and 1 don't see our being able to renegotiate it" he said Ile emphasized that most of the new Delta flights in Salt Lake City will be aboard mainline Delta aircraft lie said he is wary of turning routes (more than two hours in length) over to regional jets which are uncomfortable for passengers "Since they are under the Delta brand it degrades our brand in doing that" Grinstein also reiterated interaction can stop heart 0 ili-- Sky West George-base- Airlines which operates as Delta Connection under a contractual agreement with Delta also will benefit from Wednessaid day's announcement Steven Hart vice president of marketing development The regional airline will pick up 14 of 37 new daily Delta Connection flights Delta plans for Salt Lake City In addition to the 58 Delta flights Erythromycin - I Loss for Dallas tt- tto tt that pilots' pay remains crucial to any effort by Delta to avert bankruptcy after having lost more than $5 billion in the past three years The company is asking for $I billion in wage cuts from the pilots who so far have offered $705 million Delta also made a pension offer to the pilots that Crinstein hopes will encourage retirement age pilots to stay with the company rather than leaving to take advantage of early retirement benefits If the approximately 2000 experienced pilots who are eligible for early retirement take it it could ground many large Delta aircraft "If we have significant pilot retirements we will have to ground part of our fleet" Grinstein said "Then time has run out" Delta pilots spokesman Chris Renkel in a statement said the pilots Wednesday group already has initiated talks with Delta management to "preserve operational integrity" in the face of early retirements "We have been successful in ensuring that Delta continues to operate all flights with no disruptions" Henkel said The pilots' negotiators have asked management for assurance that the company will not take away employee retirement benefits But Renkel said the company has declined to "give any further assurances about significant access to the West Coast" The airiine hopes the additional flights which include daily excursions to Cabo San Lucas Mexico and Maui Hawaii will help boost the Salt Lake hubs profitability Delta decision: - Vfi ' -- s 4 i - 1 1 0 ‘ A f' t 400totottittmititttlit -0 4 I - I 1 - - v t ) - ! " 4 i e4 il -- a0 ' P-- -- 4 ptiiiiIr 9 If gain for SLC Some 300 people watched the landing on a large screen inside Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah A few made jokes about tiring the projects parachute maker while others mindful of last tragedy expressed year's Columbia space-shuttlrelief that no astronauts were aboard The free event at Kingsbury !tall was planned as an educational tool by NASA officials Cameras showed recovery helicopters hovering in vain over the patchy brown desert along with anxious-lookin- g scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboin California ratory Another 116 people watched the Genesis landing at the (lark Planetarium in Salt Lake City where gasps of "Oh my!" were heard when the capsule's parachute did not open About 50 people also watched the crash from the auditorium at Imgan's Space Dynamics Laboratoresearch corporation owned by ry a not Utah State University A large number of SDL's 300 employees were on their way to the auditorium expecting to watch helicopters intercept the capsule when it abruptly crashed said spokeswoman Trina Paskett "This is the kind of risk that can happen in the space industry" she said "Its not Hollywood It's real life" 'GCS nietat 11iurd ' 4 - — -— 0 dor977-nr-'"1- A A ) Ir Ivo ' 4 sh ri soketAmt — I IMITMR West Valley 11E3 inilliMinill jf! I 4581 S 4000 West Friday September 10th 12 PM to 6em ' '' 1 '' ik- West Jordan 1538 W 9000 South Saturday September llth M 9Am C2004 HornerItC M to 3PM Inc AI rights reserved Ibe ten We le It ten help: Aurvent 064406 ij ---- POO L |
