Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets?

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 708: What Goes Into Sample Return Missions From Asteroids & Comets? by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live Feb 12, 2024. Last week we talked about sample return missions from the Moon and Mars, but scientists have retrieved samples from other objects in the Solar System, including comets and asteroids. What does it take to return a piece of rock from space, and what have we learned so far? This video was made possible by the following Patreon members: Jordan Young BogieNet Stephen Veit ( rhymes with right) Jeanette Wink Siggi Kemmler Andrew Poelstra Brian Cagle David Truog Ed David Gerhard Schwarzer THANK YOU! - Fraser and Dr. Pamela

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0:31.0	uh... uh... Oh, Aström cast episode 708. What goes into sample return missions from asteroids and comets?
0:57.0	Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts-based journey through the Cosmos,
1:00.8	where we help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
1:04.0	I'm Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of the universe today with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a senior scientist
1:09.3	for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmo of Coswell Quest.
1:13.2	Hey Pamela, how you doing?
1:14.2	I am doing well.
1:16.4	I know that many people enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday yesterday.
1:20.0	I am here to say I enjoyed Superb Owl Sunday. There were some science
1:26.3	communicators that realize that Super Bowl and Super Bowl is a hashtag
1:30.3	have the exact same letters and took it over and there are owls and I just want to say
1:38.4	thank you to whatever human started that several years ago and has kept it going.
1:45.0	I think that Stephen Colbert.
1:48.0	Really?
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