184: Samples are forever with Prof. Snead

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184: Samples are forever with Prof. Snead

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Apr 18, 2021

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Prof. Christopher Snead tells us how he is preparing a very clean laboratory. In this lab, scientists will store and study Hayabusa-2 mission asteroid samples. The samples will be photographed and manipulated without ever touching Earth's atmosphere.

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Apr 18, 2021

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