A Japanese spacecraft landed on a distant asteroid on Thursday and collected underground samples that scientists hope will provide clues to the origin of the solar system billions of years ago, Japan's space agency said.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, said data show Hayabusa2 touched down and rose safely after collecting the samples. The moment the success was announced in the command center, everyone stood up, cheered and applauded. "We obtained pieces of the history of the solar system. We took a historic step," said Yuichi Tsuda, the Hayabusa2 project manager."Nobody has collected and brought home underground materials from anywhere further than the moon."With one of its most critical missions now finished, the next task is to get Hayabusa2 to safely return to Earth with the samples, Tsuda said.
Hayabusa2 made a similar landing at another location on the asteroid in February and collected topsoil samples.
That’s part. The other is looking 4 resource materials. Those materials on earth R finite. The problems will arise when asteroids & comments R brought back. Called the law of unintended consequence.
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