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The surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by Hayabusa-2 (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by SpaceFacts@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 36 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm just thinking about all the technical challenges to land a flying metal cereal box on a moving asteroid...

Man, this rocks.

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It just took a collection of bombs and careful aiming. We as a species are really good at throwing things pretty accurately and at messing with controlling fire

I kid, it's awesome we were able to make it happen and the wealth of knowledge gained by doing it