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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is dead

456 points · 391 comments · Muhammad523

  1. Imnimo · · focus · HN ↗
    I never really understood why you'd have Perseverance drill the cores and then just leave them on the ground for an underdefined future mission to retrieve.
    1. Muhammad523 · · focus · HN ↗
      Perseverance, obivously, has onboard instruments to analize the samples before dumping them on the ground
      1. smallerize · · focus · HN ↗
        No. The sample is only physically measured and then imaged. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;centers-and-facilities&#x2F;jpl&#x2F;the-extraordinary-sample-gathering-system-of-nasas-perseverance-mars-rover&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasa.gov&#x2F;centers-and-facilities&#x2F;jpl&#x2F;the-extraord... All further analysis will happen when the sample is returned to earth.
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