Sunday, January 15, 2006
Stardust Comes Home
The Stardust Probe, sent to capture dust and other such cosmic goodness from a comet in order to better understand the Solar System's origins, has returned home. It made a soft, parachute-assisted at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah. Now, we get to wait around while scientists scour the stuff they picked up for precious knowledge. I'm sure Pat Robertson and his legion of Bible thumpers are ready to refute whatever evidence they find as Heresy or some such nonsense. When will they learn that they're the world's leading purveyors of nonsense? Sorry, Jesus, but Science rules... (Link -- via Slashdot)