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