The Genesis Mission

The Genesis Mission, edited by C.T. Russel, ISBN 1-402-01125-3

 The Observatory, vol.124 No. 1180 2004

‘The book provides an excellent description of the mission. There is a strong emphasis on the constraints needed to ensure scientific success, e.g. high levels of cleanliness in preparation, the care with which recovery is planned (in-atmosphere pick-up by helicopter), and the strategic planning for post-flight analysis, including archaeological  analysis of recovered spacecraft components to establish context (e.g. example contamination by microparticle impacts). It shows that Genesis is an excellent example of a small mission targeted on one important scientific question and optimized for that purpose – a master of one task rather than trying to do many different things on one platform .’ (Mike Hapgood)