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NASA mission successfully touched down on asteroid Bennu
CNN ^ | Tue October 20, 2020 | Ashley Strickland,

Posted on 10/20/2020 5:26:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin

After orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for nearly two years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully touched down and reached out its robotic arm to collect a sample from the asteroid's surface on Tuesday.

That sample will be returned to Earth in 2023.

To achieve this historic first for NASA, a van-size spacecraft had to briefly touch down its arm in a landing site called Nightingale. The site is the width of a few parking spaces.

The arm reached out to collect a sample, which could be between 2 ounces and 2 kilograms. Then, the spacecraft backed away to safety.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: aseroid; bennu; bennue; nasa

1 posted on 10/20/2020 5:26:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

praying it has Nancy Pelousy in it


2 posted on 10/20/2020 5:30:37 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: BenLurkin

I think I heard the mission control people say that it would
be Saturday before they know if they actually collected anything.
They can make 2 more attempts if they think they need to.


3 posted on 10/20/2020 5:33:27 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
" it would be Saturday before they know if they actually collected anything. They can make 2 more attempts if they think they need to."

I work with a lib named Benne. They should plan on more attempts! Many, many more! Or just give up now

4 posted on 10/20/2020 5:38:58 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: faithhopecharity

Nancy, or Joe for that matter, won’t plague this nation another decade, they simply won’t be around that long unless they figure out how to defeat nature. Kamala Harris on the other hand would be a perfect candidate for a one-way space voyage.


5 posted on 10/20/2020 5:48:57 PM PDT by WilliamOrby
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To: outofsalt

There was Judson Scott in the short-lived The Phoenix. Character name Bennu.


6 posted on 10/20/2020 5:55:03 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: BenLurkin

OK, is an asteroid anything like Uranus?


7 posted on 10/20/2020 7:19:11 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: BenLurkin

It found Elon Musk’s car keys. Good Job!


8 posted on 10/20/2020 7:23:22 PM PDT by Doctor DNA (retired)
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To: BenLurkin

Very cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjlGYHJ2560&feature=emb_logo


9 posted on 10/20/2020 7:59:13 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Scrambler Bob

The answer is in the post immediately below yours.


10 posted on 10/20/2020 8:03:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: WilliamOrby

Agreed!


11 posted on 10/20/2020 8:40:19 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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Good, as the US now has a proven technology that could nudge an asteriod off a collision course with earth.

You’re welcome, every other country.

12 posted on 10/21/2020 2:00:55 AM PDT by Orbiter
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13 posted on 10/21/2020 2:06:29 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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