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If there's a piece wedged tightly in there it could let most of the rest of the sample out without dislodging the piece holding it open.
by rtkwe 6y ago
If there's a piece wedged tightly in there it could let most of the rest of the sample out without dislodging the piece holding it open.
- trynewideas 6y agoHow bad would it be if a piece large enough to wedge the entire container open was the _only_ piece we recover? How big would that piece have to be? Are they expecting a certain diversity in the sample that would be lost if they only got one huge piece?
- rtkwe 6y agoI think the scientific goal was 60 grams which is more than just one piece at the size of the gathering head so they'd have to decide which tests they would actually do instead of being able to do all of the planned tests. So yeah just getting one larger piece would be a loss for the mission.