• riodoro1@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Why are the samples so amazing? Are they fucking pink?

    It’s the nth article calling them some useless superlative in the headline.

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      4 months ago

      First sentence of the article:

      China recently became the first country in history to return samples taken from the far side of the Moon, a historic mission that could have profound implications on our understanding of our natural satellite’s evolution and ability to host human life.

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          We… You see… Nobody’s returned samples before, so we can’t just google it. Nobody has the answer to that question

          We have to analyze the samples to say.

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            4 months ago

            Right. So how different are they really? I might not expect much of a different. Maybe gravity has compacted the surface there more? Maybe more crater impacts?

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              We’re basing our knowledge of what the moon us made of from, like, 8 spots. Having a new sample from so far away will be interesting. Imagine guessing what’s on earth by taking 5 sample from random spots in Canada and then getting a new one from Australia.

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              The far side of the moon is the side that will see the most asteroid hit I am guessing.