The Genesis Capsule
Why am I suddenly getting flashbacks to Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn? Oh yeah, both are science fiction.
Scientists Salvage Some Genesis Materials
Let me see. The capsule crashed and was severely damaged. Contamination has almost certainly occurred. And yet, something tells me that the Evolutionary Intelligentsia are going to miraculously “salvage” enough of this experiment to make more wildly unsubstantiated claims that they have once again “proven” that the solar system is billions of years old. I thought you only had to prove something once… they must not have done such a good job the first thousand times.
Let us ask the question, what can we determine scientifically from the data that might have survived this incident. Remember the scientific method: observe, test, repeat. We should be able to observe and identify - at least in one sample - what these so-called Solar Winds consist of. However, these grandiose statements that we will have clues to the history of the solar system are ridiculous and based only on the assumptions of the scientists conducting the experiments.
We have no way of knowing what the original makeup of solar system was. Nor do we have a truly legitimate scientific means of determining by measurable data how old the solar system is. All we have is the data we collect today and the recorded data of history. And since there was no one - unless you believe in God - to measure what occurred in the beginning of our solar system, we are left with nothing to rest on but assumptions - or faith. Please be aware of this when scientists marvel once again about the amazing discoveries they’ve made about the origins of our universe from these atomic particles of space dust.
You see, people at NASA need jobs too. And to keep their jobs, they need to keep people interested. Otherwise they lose funding. If they lose funding, they lose their jobs - and their ability to keep people worshipping their science fiction imaginations.
Personally, I love science fiction. I’d just like us to make sure we don’t confuse it with actual science.
