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Much better, and without the hyperbolic headline.

• zzzeek 3y ago
  but no photograph. the photo here is most valuable. I find the electrical receptacles with the yellow extension cord plugged in and the cheap shelving unit with almost nothing on it that is pretty much the identical shelves I use in my basement to store groceries to be the most fascinating aspect of it. seems like there'd be a more...I dont know, "special" kind of room to unpack rock samples that cost $1.16 billion to acquire
  • erulabs 3y ago
    That’s deliberate - NASA goes out of its way to use ordinary consumer goods when possible. You can imagine how much money you could spend on a special room for billion dollar rocks! Surely 150M is nothing! The actual problem statement: “we need a safe room for some rocks” only requires a couple plastic bins and some tape. I’m always so pleased by how hacky NASA stuff looks!
    • exmadscientist 3y ago
      Brings back memories for me. I used to work on particle physics experiments. The "science groupies" would be amazed at what happens behind the scenes. There were a couple of deliberately broken vacuum cleaner parts that happened to play a surprisingly important role in certain neutrino parameter measurements....
      • yetihehe 3y ago
        I would definitely like to hear more. It's very HN worthy story.