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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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