NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock

Re:NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock by dsl on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @12:55PM (#20403815)

> there is no single mention about new and better instruments that are available now

Computers that don't require vacuum tubes?

Just to understand the technology of the time: the first automated blood test was invented less than 5 years prior. The scanning electron microscope becomes commercially available 5 years later. The first MRI would happen about 10 years later.

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Re:NASA Will Open Pristine, Sealed Samples of Moon Rock by xenonite on Sunday July 14, 2019 @04:33AM (#20432407)

I certainly agree that there has been a lot of progress over the last 50 years. However I would still like to know which recently devised (or at least improved) instrument lead NASA to open the seals just now. Or isn’t there any?

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