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IIRC a key thing that makes it special is that it's the first time an asteroid has ever been mined
by warent 6y ago
IIRC a key thing that makes it special is that it's the first time an asteroid has ever been mined
- kingofpandora 6y agoI'm sure the poster appreciates the achievement but the question remains whether these samples tell us something more than samples collected on earth.
- m4rtink 6y agoHayabusa 1 overcame massive hurdles and then sacrificed itself to deliver it's sample 10 years ago. It was very small - less than one gram - but first. Still nice to see such a big sample mass increase as well as managing to get it without harming the main probe, which can continue to do more science. :)