NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock

Re:NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock by tuanx5 on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @03:29AM (#20399866)

Coincidentally, the SmarterEveryDay YouTube channel also posted [0] a video where Destin visits the mentioned repository. The organization system is fascinating.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxZ_iPldGtI

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Re:NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock by freeflight on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @06:28AM (#20400659)

Wow, those are a lot of samples!

I remember seeing a sample of moon rock as a kid in a Cosmonautics museum in the GDR. It was kinda underwhelming as it was just a tiny pebble of white rock embedded in a massive glass bubble.

Which probably has to do with the fact that in total the USSR only managed to return with around 300 grams of moon rock trough automated lunar sample return missions (Lunar 16, 20 and 24).

Still ended leaving quite an impression on me to have been so close to something from such a far away and alien place.

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Re:NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock by Tarq0n on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @04:53AM (#20400276)

I suspect it's not incidental so much as part of a PR drive around the new moon mission.

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Re:NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock by sveng on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @07:35AM (#20400953)

The article and interview with one of the lead researchers mentions the 50th anniversary of the first landing. And also how analysis of these final sealed samples could guide potential landing site targeting for future missions.

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