The Sun Machine is Coming Down

[purplerabbits]

This post brought to you by the need to use an appropriate title for this news story...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3631864.stm

Oh, and "Hollywood stunt pilots are waiting to snatch the parachute in mid-air to prevent the capsule hitting the ground." How cool is that?

Update: Bum.

Comments

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

That is very, very damn cool. Thanks so much for finding and posting the link!

[zbyszek.livejournal.com]

$264m for 10-20 µg. So that's...some expensive bloody stuff! No pressure on these pilots, then.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Wow, very cool indeed!

[biog.livejournal.com]

It would appear there has been a conclusion to this news story, as posted here http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040908/325/f2682.html
is the glasshalf-empty?