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OSIRIS-REx sample capsule lands in Utah

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  1. knocklessmonster
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    Overengineering ftw I guess. I was psyched to hear that this vessel was returning today. I believe I remember when it launched, but hadn't heard anything since until an artkcle that said "in three...

    “Something in our sequence may or may not have behaved itself exactly the way we expected it to, but the subsequent things in the sequence made up for it,”

    Overengineering ftw I guess.

    I was psyched to hear that this vessel was returning today. I believe I remember when it launched, but hadn't heard anything since until an artkcle that said "in three or so hours it'll return to Earth's atmosphere."

    The collection of "215g of material, give or take 101g" was also impressive because the margin is bigger than the target. I guess more material means more data, which is never a bad thing.