Scientists removed the outer lid of OSIRIS-REx's sample canister on Tuesday (Sept. 26). But a full reveal of the mission's asteroid sample is still two weeks away.
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much more efficient and also extracting that energy to create electricity with it. so where is the energy extracted from? exactly. so here s they take thees isotopes of hydrogen. they get them very close to each other by a very complicated process of taking lasers that hit a metal canister around it. that metal canister then produces kpras that bombard a fuel pellet and that causes stuff to go outward at the surface of the pelt and because of every action there s a reaction, the center implodes imwardly. you re forcing protons to stick together, using the strong force. so if you take two protons separately, and then you combine them, the thing that you have when you combine it weighs less
before and the next morning, they will blow into a series of tubes and then transfer the air from a plastic bag into a metal canister, and that metal canister was sturdy enough to be sent back to earth and back to our lab for analysis. that is really fascinating. crosstalk. just a final question, if i may. what does this mean for months and years in space? so many people are talking about these really long missions now, hoping to get to mars and things. is this something that can be prevented, because presumably that would cause a lot of damage to astronauts health? so far, for the six months that they are in space, we know they are balanced, so there is increased production and increased degradation that s balanced. but the astronauts are living on their reserve, so we need that reserve in case there is a need for red blood cells a bleed or something like that. so how long can that increased turnover take place is unknown.
with these astronauts, did it mean and loads of blood tests, or did you do that in a different way? ok, so we used some unique methods for that. and that involves collecting breath samples from astronauts. so we sent to space a kit, a breath kit that the astronauts will prepare the day before, and the next morning they will blow into a series of tubes, and then transfer the air from a plastic bag into a metal canister, and that metal canister was sturdy enough to be sent back to earth and back to our lab for analysis. that is really fascinating. crosstalk. just a final question if i may, what does this mean for months and years in space? so many people are talking about these really long missions now, hoping to get to mars and things. is this something that can be prevented, because presumably that would cause a lot of damage to astronauts health. so far, for the six months