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    GUNS vs GAS: TWO WAYS TO COLLECT A SAMPLE IN SPACE

    Sep 02, 2020 2 minutes

    Collecting samples from a tiny asteroid hundreds of millions of kilometres away isn’t easy. You can’t just scoop sand into a bucket like a kid on a beach. Among other things, the gravity on Bennu and Ryugu is so slight that the merest exertion would be enough

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