If the particles are one micron (wide, or one-millionth of a meter), they'll make a track that is about 100 microns long. |
It's an idea that was born out of desperation. |
It's worth more than my house, so you can believe I'm being really careful. |
The fundamental point is that we ultimately are made of this stuff -- 'stardust' from the interstellar medium. |
These will be the very first contemporary interstellar dust grains ever brought back to Earth for study. |
These will be the very first contemporary interstellar dust grains ever brought back to Earth for study. Stardust is not only the first mission to return samples from a comet, it is the first sample return mission from the galaxy. |
We will throw in some calibration images that allow us to measure the volunteers' efficiency. |