Astroid Sample Returns to Earth

CrispyCringle · Sep 29, 2023

JamesG161 said:
Very successful mission landed some samples of an Astroid that will pass near Earth soon.

Amazing feet of Engineering.

Jim...

The head of engineering thinks so as well. j/k

It is very cool.

jssailem · Sep 29, 2023

We have plenty here on earth… Some think too much… Now we search for it in the galaxy…WOW..

Ralph Johnstone · Sep 29, 2023

JamesG161 said:
Why did they go to this Astroid?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-type_asteroid

To find Carbon.

So there's an ADDITIONAL few grams of carbon which we DO NOT need.

There will also be little germy things in the sample in addition to the upcoming influenza bugs and brand new OCVID strain which we are told are on the way.

When will it end ?

WayneH · Sep 29, 2023

Two for one mission. The main spacecraft is on its way to study another asteroid.

NASA to repurpose OSIRIS-REx for second asteroid encounter

A NASA mission to return samples from one near Earth asteroid will get an extended mission to visit a second asteroid, Apophis.

spacenews.com