NASA boondoggle

The New York Times is reporting: "Space Capsule Crashes in Utah." It appears that a $260 million mission (to capture solar wind and the matter it carries) may have crashed and burned along with the capsule, which had a faulty parachute. Thus, the Hollywood stuntmen who were to catch the probe with hooks from their perch in helicopters were unable to perform the job for which they had trained for five years.

The crash took place in Utah's Dugway Proving Ground.