[meteorite-list] Hayabusa Spots Its Asteroid Target

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Aug 18 12:24:49 2005
Message-ID: <qid9g1lfjo5g0345akmginrf74lhh0mbe8_at_4ax.com>

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:16:09 -0700 (PDT), Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> wrote:

>the firing of a tantalum pellet into the asteroid at 300 metres per second.

Why such an exotic material? So that you could find and discount it's signature in the returned
sample?
Received on Thu 18 Aug 2005 12:26:29 PM PDT