Nasa can’t open its asteroid capsule - Tortoise
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The team behind Nasa’s Osiris-REx mission is struggling to open fully the container holding the bulk of the sample from asteroid Bennu. Since the 4.5 billion year-old sample landed in the Utah desert earlier this month, scientists have already managed to collect 70.3 grams of rocks and dust lying on the outside of the container, …
  • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If it didn’t work, they should flip it and hit the lid against the floor or a counter. Works everytime.