Instead of the smooth midair retrieval NASA expected, the $264 million Genesis mission to study the solar wind ended in a crater in the Utah desert Wednesday.
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This is a sad day indeed. He is survived by Genesis Jr. and a loving IBM supercomputer back in Dallas. His immediate family was unable to offer a comment to my repeated pingings.
