Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Asteroid approach, Science operations begin! |
Aug 24 2018, 06:48 PM
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NASA update on the OSIRIS-REx mission, includes first picture of the asteroid from the spacecraft.
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Apr 7 2019, 07:22 PM
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Two Bennu's pictures ( https://www.asteroidmission.org/20190329-fb4-equator-view/ and https://www.asteroidmission.org/?attachment_id=15551#main), turned, cropped and brightened (as Bennu is very dark) - give a bit of sense of view from above the surface
I added a scale For future astronauts, the terrain would be difficult to move around (large boulders everywhere), and microgravity would probably not help walking (constant danger of "flying away" into space) I think it would be a bit like trying to walk on the bottom of the sea with an oxygen bottle on your back. This would require lengthy practice. And no one, even a large rock, gives support, because it can "fly away" with you. Anyway, big boulders, carelessly pushed too much and fluttering around your head is quite scary vision. |
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