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After a decade and $1.2 billion, NASA reveals its booty from Bennu: 121 grams (arstechnica.com)
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$10M/gram, good stuff

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[โ€“] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

OSIRIS-REx mission lands on an asteroid, and then returns to earth with its sample...and people are bitching because they didn't bring back more than they could use anyway? Holy shit, talk about missing the entire point.

[โ€“] kernelle@0d.gs 3 points 2 years ago

When the article mentioned it was more than twice the target value I knew this was just a puff piece

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