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Saw how the Genesis project literally crashed and burned. Sometimes I really wonder what NASA/JPL are thinking when they do these things. Now, I like the idea of collecting solar particles to perform scientific study, but the recovery idea was something out of a caltech grad's idea for some film class. Come on! Hollywood stuntment to perform this feat? It's shit like this that makes NASA/JPL have such a shitty reputation at times. Seriously, guys when you're out there doing some multi-billion dollar program, don't fuck around! Although I hate Jerry Brockheimer films, the one thing about Armageddon that I do like is how they classified those NASA/JPL guys as idealistic cowboys. You really need people to be practical when you run these programs. This isn't McGuyver where a piece of gum a paper clip, and a toothpick are going to produce the solution for world hunger. I admire the fact that these guys can get a probe to Mars or travelling to Saturn, but some of the (literally!) stunts these guys pull sometimes is too frustrating. No wonder why the US government is going after them.