No Such Thing As A Fish 509: No Such Thing As A Sausage Dog Helicopter
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Dec 14, 2023 Topics discussed include: NASA's mission to Bennu, 'bunga-bunga' parties and Silvio Berlusconi, famous deaths, the art of storytelling, and elephant seals' extreme polygyny.
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NASA's Locked Asteroid Sample Capsule
- NASA's mission to asteroid Bennu collected samples but can't open the capsule yet due to lacking a special tool.
- The capsule is kept in a glove box filled with nitrogen to prevent contamination or reaction with oxygen.
Asteroid Sample Could Reveal Life Origins
- Scientists analyze asteroid material grain by grain due to its precious rarity and age.
- The sample contains nanoglobules of organic material, hinting at potential clues to life's cosmic seeding.
Cathedrals to Collect Space Dust
- Scientists plan to vacuum dust from roofs of ancient cathedrals to find asteroid debris.
- Cathedrals are used to avoid contamination as they are rarely disturbed and have well-documented renovation histories.