> Any ideas why NASA decided to focus on precisely this one? NASA is not focusing on only this rock. Here is the current state of asteroid sample return: http

> Any ideas why NASA decided to focus on precisely this one? NASA is not focusing on only this rock. Here is the current state of asteroid sample return: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/1st-nasa-asteroid-sample-return-mission-on-track-for-fall-23-delivery/ https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/1st-nasa-asteroid-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-REx The sample size is "between 60 g and 2,000 g". Here is the current state of moving asteroids: proof that it can happen at all has occurred. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-dart-mission-impact-changed-asteroid-s-motion-in-space https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-dart-missio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimorphos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimorphos The target asteroid Dimorphos is 581 ft across, and is a loose, soft pile of debris, so it is very much unlike 16 Psyche.