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Heavy Metal: An encounter with the Psyche spacecraft

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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The first thing that got to me, and so i was kind of prepared for coming in because i'd seen pictures of it. The solar panels aren't even on it right now, but when they are unfolded, they make the whole spacecraft the size of a single tennis cord. It's huge. This is about the smallest spacecraft, chasse that max aur builds, ah, and so it's largely space inside. Our hang off the outside. We saved a lot of money by buying something that's very similar to what they normally built. So that's why it's so big. Those solar panels that add so much to thee width of this space craft when they'll be extended. I

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