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Re:It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Samp... by scherlock on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:10PM (#38660014)
Wish they had a photo of the two bolts they can't get out. Though I wonder if, in the vacuum of space, the metal of screws and the metal of the containers contact welded together due to high machining tolerances.
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Re:It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Samp... by opwieurposiu on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:30PM (#38660182)
This paper has some more details of how the sample collection system works. I agree that cold-welding is likely.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-018-0521-6

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Re:It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Samp... by 15457345234 on Friday December 15, 2023 @06:46PM (#38660277)
> Wish they had a photo of the two bolts they can't get out.

That'll be in the next drip marketing update, probably some random 'space fan' you've never heard of will tweet it and go viral.

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