Meine liebsten Sätze in den Presseunterlagen der NASA (1'090'254 Bytes) zur Rückkehr der Stardust-Sonde, S. 38:

Interstellar dust is ubiquitous in the space between the stars of the Milky Way Galaxy. The dust curtains huge areas of the sky; the broad, dark line across the length of the Milky Way that can be seen with the naked eye is a blanket of interstellar dust. The numerous but tiny particles carry nearly all of the atoms heavier than helium that are used to make new generations of stars, planets and even life. All of the atoms in our bodies were inside these grains before the Sun and planets formed.

Landen soll das Ding übrigens irgendwo auf der Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR), die sich irgendwo <a href=maps.google.com target=_blank>hier in dem weiss ausgewaschenen Gebiet befinden muss.