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> Artificial material seems to be present in chamber C What good is this if they’re guessing at it being a contaminant they introduced? At least say it’s poss
by academi 6y ago
> Artificial material seems to be present in chamber C
What good is this if they’re guessing at it being a contaminant they introduced?
At least say it’s possible that it isn’t. Maybe it really had metal fragments on it.
- op00to 6y agoBecause it is most likely a piece of the spacecraft that got broken off during the collection attempt.
- icebadger 6y agoThis is the rest of the paragraph: > Artificial material seems to be present in chamber C. The origin is under investigation, but a probable source is aluminium scraped off the spacecraft sampler horn as the projectile was fired to stir up material during touchdown.