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Not one to brag, but this is pretty momentous. By dropping this one tube to the ground, I’ve officially started setting aside samples that Mars Sample Return could bring back to Earth someday.

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NASA's Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface

Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be considered for a journey to Earth by the Mars Sample Return campaign.
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⚡️Stephan🔋💉✋👆🌱
⚡️Stephan🔋💉✋👆🌱
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What if it gets covered in Mars dust over time? Can it still be found and retrieved?
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Manyota
Manyota
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@nasa. hey 😃 that's a sonic screwdriver 😄😉
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Urban Otter
Urban Otter
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Not the first trash, that mankind left on another planet … doing the same mistakes again and again … 😢
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LegroR
LegroR
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Can you explain how these tubular samples can await retrieval on the Mars surface without threat of dust storms covering them up? I assume the vials have trackers, but can we be sure a future mission includes no-fault retrieval tools?

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