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JAXA's Hayabusa2 and NASA's #OSIRISREx missions both returned samples to Earth from different asteroids. The spacecraft were packed with exceptional technology to face the challenges ahead, but their design was quite different. Here are 7 differences between the two missions:

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HeadCrabZombie2 years ago

Maybe a tighter budget encourages more imagination. Huge congratulations to both JAXA and NASA.

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Lutz Richter2 years ago

@Cosmic_Penguin This is a very nice overview!

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