One small sample tube. Built on Earth by caring humans; filled on Mars by an inquisitive robot. Now it sits waiting for a potential pickup and return journey, not many years from now. #MarsSampleReturn
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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.NASA Mars Exploration
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in reply to NASA • • •I have to wonder how covered in dust these sample tubes may be by the time the recovery attempts are made.
I'm not thinking 'oops, buried!', just "it's going to be difficult to find them again due to no longer having high contrast".
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