NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid

Science Daily ^ | 23 October 2020

[zeestephen]

Two days after touching down on asteroid Bennu, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team received on Thursday, Oct. 22, images that confirm the spacecraft has collected more than enough material to meet one of its main mission requirements -- acquiring at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the asteroid's surface material.

[Does so]

A 2 ounce displaced chunk of Mars?

[faithhopecharity]

A brazen example of Colonialist theft of indigenous resources. Protest demonstration in Trump’s hotel lobby at noon. Bring stink bombs, glock, and flame throwers? Sponsored by DNC/BLM. Burn loot and mayhem! Show the rich oppressive kapitalist white pigs 🐷 we won’t take it anymore.Liberate the Asteroids! Asteroid Power! / s

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

No. It’s “Liberate Hemorrhoids, not Asteroids”. So many Democrats need immediate relief because they need to clear their heads in order to think straight (or gay).

[UCANSEE2]

Get it now while real estate prices are low.

[faithhopecharity]

Ha! Agreed

[wildcard_redneck]

Whoever designed the collection tool has obviously never used a shovel. 2 ounces for all that money? Pathetic.

[Ferndina]

Its apparent that none of the commenters thus far watched this historic event. Not a single educated comment, just jokes and snide remarks. What happened to FreeRepublic?

[Ferndina]

Its apparent that none of the commenters thus far watched this historic event. Not a single educated comment, just jokes and snide remarks. What happened to FreeRepublic?

[PIF]

Next time you are in the neighborhood of an astroid show NASA how its done.

[wildcard_redneck]

2 ounces? Those are rookie numbers! you gotta pump those numbers up!

[Quentin Quarantino]

“Have you no sense of humor?”

[wildcard_redneck]

“Its apparent that none of the commenters thus far watched this historic event. Not a single educated comment, just jokes and snide remarks. What happened to FreeRepublic?“

Sorry but I get disgusted when I watch all the beta boys at NASA giggle like little girls when a rover uses scoop that resembles something a child would use on top of a wimpy robotic arm pathetically scrapping up a millimeter of soil.

What is wrong with using a pound of C4 to make a crater and then scoop up buckets of soil?

[PIF]

You’ll show them, right?

[deoetdoctrinae]

The article states that "All data so far suggest that the collector head is holding much more than 2 ounces of regolith."

One of the main mission requirements was to obtain at least 2 ounces of material, and I think they were just confirming that they had achieved that minimum.

[PLMerite]

“...acquiring at least 2 ounces (60 grams) of the asteroid’s surface material.”

#AsteroidMassMatters.

[Balding_Eagle]

You obviously have forgotten the First Rule of Holes.

[NormsRevenge]

.. Not a single educated comment, just jokes and snide remarks. What happened to FreeRepublic?

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A lot of old-timers have checked their poop-kicking boots in for wings&talons.

Saw a special recently on the craft and machinery involved in obtaining a sample,, pretty slick..

We’ll see who is around in 2023 when it gets back here.

[jpsb]

Saw a special recently on the craft and machinery involved in obtaining a sample,, pretty slick..

Just landing on an asteroid is a neat trick. I am impressed.

[wildcard_redneck]

“You obviously have forgotten the First Rule of Holes.”

Wear protection?