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The boulder-strewn surface that shrank their departure window to a race against fuel
A sample-return capsule lands in the Australian desert with asteroid rocks, and the Hayabusa2 team races the clock. Did they make it in time?
The boulder-strewn surface that shrank their departure window to a race against fuel
In this episode, we follow the Hayabusa2 mission from proposal to arrival at asteroid Ryugu and the sudden discovery that upends plans. What choices did the team make when Ryugu's surface proved far rockier than expected, and how did a tightening departure window change everything?
Person: Makoto Yoshikawa
Date: December 5, 2020
Event: Sample return capsule landing at…
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