[meteorite-list] Stardust - aerogel looking great

[Ron Baalke]

Hi,

I'm at Houston this week. The Stardust return capsule arrived at Johnson Space Center today.
The canister was opened up, and the aerogel collector grid was extracted.  The aerogel
was closely inspected and photographed. I was in the clearnroom when  the cometary grid 
was separated from the interplanetary particle grid. The scientists are ecstatic.  
More details will be presented in the JSC press release tomorrow.  

Ron Baalke