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A NASA Spacecraft Is About to Land on an Asteroid And Grab a Sample.
www.sciencealert.com ^
 | 20 OCTOBER 2020 
 |  ELIZABETH CANTWELL, THE CONVERSATION 
Posted on 10/20/2020 10:13:42 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Bartholomew Roberts
    There has to be a pressure differential. Something has to push on what ever is getting vacuumed. Vacuums don’t really suck, just like cold doesn’t flow out of stuff.
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:11:03 AM PDT
by 
calenel
(Don't panic. Prepare and be vigilant. Join the war effort. On the human side.)
 
To: Red Badger
    “The spacecraft will attempt to touch the surface of the asteroid Bennu...”
 They should rename the asteroid “Toobin”..
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:13:12 AM PDT
by 
decal
(I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
 
To: a fool in paradise
    Playing grab asteroid?
___________________
Sounds like a fun game but only in the right setting and carefully screened individuals as participants. No photos or recording devices, could come back to haunt someone in twenty or thirty years when running for office.
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:22:21 AM PDT
by 
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
 
To: Bartholomew Roberts
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:23:11 AM PDT
by 
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
 
To: Red Badger
    This will hopefully not result in a change of trajectory pushing this asteroid towards earth... That would be a very big oops!
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:24:56 AM PDT
by 
jerod
(Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
 
To: Red Badger
    Saw this on news last night, but nothing about landing on the asteroid.
 
To: Red Badger
    Read Live Free or Die for a good take on asteroid mining. John Ringo and Dr. Travis Taylor make a great team.
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:28:07 AM PDT
by 
ammomajor
(If 'helicopter Ben' says gold isn't money, I want more  of it.)
 
To: dirtymac
    I was just kidding. I did have a disclaimer as a next line but took it off.
I was trolling for some FR crazy ideas!!!
 
To: Red Badger
    what could go wrong?
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:40:22 AM PDT
by 
ealgeone
 
To: Bartholomew Roberts
    I was trolling for some FR crazy ideas!!!
_________________________
A lot of other responses came to mind but discretion took control, or at least a little bit did.
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:43:03 AM PDT
by 
dirtymac
(Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.(DT4POTUS))
 
To: Red Badger
    Isn't an asteroid supposed to hit Earth on election day or the day after?
 I guess if the socialist dems drag Crooked Joe across the line, that might be apropos.
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:49:15 AM PDT
by 
The Sons of Liberty
(Until I see them breaking rocks in the hot sun I'll be cleaning my guns!)
 
To: The Sons of Liberty
    
I've seen a few of these on cars around................
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:51:42 AM PDT
by 
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
 
To: ealgeone
    I saw that movie!.................
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:53:13 AM PDT
by 
Red Badger
(Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
 
To: Red Badger
    Hi.
The samples they collect better be gold, platinum and dilythium crystals.
Otherwise why go?
5.56mm
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 11:55:51 AM PDT
by 
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!  Finish THE WALL!)
 
To: M Kehoe
    “Andromeda Strain”
5.56mm
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 12:09:24 PM PDT
by 
M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP!  Finish THE WALL!)
 
To: Bartholomew Roberts
    “Can a vacuum work in space?”
A black hole would suck things up quite nicely, but that’s a bit dangerous. And it’s a bother getting things out, once they get in.
 
To: Red Badger; All
    Quite a remarkable story about the Japanese Hayabusa mission.
Took a licking and kept on ticking.
Full story in a Japanese music video...
https://youtu.be/i28iBZx-W_E
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 2:28:58 PM PDT
by 
ADemocratNoMore
(The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
 
To: ealgeone
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posted on 
10/20/2020 8:05:39 PM PDT
by 
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
 
To: BradyLS
    Movie called Life. Pretty decent flik.
 
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posted on 
10/20/2020 8:29:53 PM PDT
by 
ealgeone
 
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