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Did you know? This mission was born in a bar and it was sketched on a cocktail napkin Two scientists and a Lockheed engineer sat in a Tucson bar, not far from University of Arizona campus. Their idea was rejected by NASA, TWICE for being impractical and too expensive. The spacecraft touched the asteroid surface for only "5 seconds" and collected more than enough samples using a device called, TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) which is an engineering marvel. But how does it work? When it contacts the asteroid surface, it releases high-pressure nitrogen gas to fluidize loose material, and capture ✨stardust ✨. Read more about it in my bog, linked below.

Did you know? This mission was born in a bar and it was sketched on a cocktail napkin Two scientists and a Lockheed engineer sat in a Tucson bar, not far from University of Arizona campus. Their idea was rejected by NASA, TWICE for being impractical and too expensive. The spacecraft touched the asteroid surface for only "5 seconds" and collected more than enough samples using a device called, TAGSAM (Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism) which is an engineering marvel. But how does it work? When it contacts the asteroid surface, it releases high-pressure nitrogen gas to fluidize loose material, and capture ✨stardust ✨. Read more about it in my bog, linked below.

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