Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55201662

by pseudolus • 6 years ago

21 8 6 years ago

yoquan• 6 years ago

Hayabusa-2 is the first of its kind successful mission. And it got congrats from Elon Musk too! [1] Looking forward to new discoveries about early Solar System from the asteroid sample it brought back.

[1] https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa/status/1335513393122316288

miohtama2• 6 years ago

Did I understand correctly from the article that the sample size is only 100 milligrams?

AnimalMuppet2• 6 years ago

"More than 100 mg". And that was the mission intent. They won't know if they achieved it until they open the box and weigh the contents.

miohtama2• 6 years ago

But 100mg is less than a single dust speckle.. big box for a small flake

sMarsIntruder• 6 years ago

Why is he wearing that particular suit? Radiation exposure? Seems something very similar to what bomb disposals usually wear.

leobakerhytch• 6 years ago

From the Twitter thread linked by yoquan:

Explosives were used to deploy the parachute, so care had to be taken that there were no late detonations. [0]

Precisely what you guessed it to guessed it to be.

[0] https://mobile.twitter.com/girlandkat/status/133551478006118...

Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape

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