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Astronomy Cast

Ep. 584: Sample Return Missions From Asteroids

Astronomy Cast

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 584: Sample Return Missions From Asteroids by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay So with a sample of asteroid Bennu firmly inside OSIRIS-REx's return capsule, it's time to bring this treasure home. So scientists can study the composition and history of the space rock. But it's not the only sample return mission out there, with Japan's Hyabusa II mission also bringing asteroid debris home. So today, let's talk about the missions and what we've learned so far.

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I'm Frisurkane, publisher of Universe Today with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior

0:24.0

scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmic Quest. Hey Pamela, how

0:29.3

you doing? I am cold. Our heat is out. We need to get it fixed, but other than that life is good.

0:37.3

Yeah. Have you recovered from the hangout of fun? Have you had a couple of good night's sleep?

0:42.8

I'm going to definitely sleep in this weekend, streaming for 36 hours and then going into a full work week

0:49.5

is not, there will be much sleep this weekend. Yes. Well, you've earned it. It was, you guys did a great

1:01.3

job. You built Minecraft. You raised $15,000. If people still want to donate, they can go to CosmicQuest.org

1:07.6

and contribute to help cover CosmicQuest's expenses, help pay for the salaries of the people involved,

1:15.6

including their medical expenses. It's an important work that you're doing and definitely we all

1:22.5

appreciate it. So definitely if you're, if you haven't already, contribute or even go like watch

1:27.6

the hangout of fun. It's all archived until Twitch throws it out. And we will be updating as much as

1:34.4

we can on to YouTube. The last hour was an extremely touching memorial to one of our dear friends and

1:43.0

we blew up Ben now, right? Which sometimes you just need to do. Speaking of, let's talk about this,

1:49.7

this week's episode. So with a sample of asteroid Ben who firmly inside of Cyrus Rex's return

1:55.2

capsule, it's time to bring this treasure home. So scientists can study the composition and history

2:00.4

of the space rock, but it's not the only sample return mission out there with Japan's high boost

2:05.5

to two mission, also bringing asteroid debris home. So today, let's talk about the missions and what

2:10.7

learned so far. Today we're going to talk about asteroid sample return missions. And, but it's not

2:16.3

just the two Cyrus Rex, which we watched launch together. And I get, you know, separately watched

2:23.5

the the whole retrieval process happen. There's high boost to two, which is one of my favorite

2:30.0

asteroid missions ever. But there was also high boost to one. Which I have to admit is the mission

2:36.5

I continually forget about, even though it was a mission that was just like, okay, problem going

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