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NASA Finally Removes Last Two Fasteners To Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample (www.iflscience.com)
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[–] Rhaedas@kbin.social 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Obviously NASA engineers don't ever go to Youtube, I'm sure looking up "asteroid sampler stuck" there would have been a number of hack DIYers who showed a variety of techniques they've used.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity for a NASA first time unboxing video.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 12 points 8 months ago

“Tschssss nice hiss, strong smell of alien symbiote. Let’s put some out on the tray here and give it a taste”