Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister::“There is some black dust-like material that’s visible. We’re hoping that’s from Bennu.”
Green smoke in the shape of a skull escapes
Huh. Thats a bit concerning.
continues
After 10,000 years I’m free! It’s time to conquer Earth!
Cue guitar riff
Alpha! Rita escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!
This unlocked a forgotten core memory.
10,000 years will give you such a crick in the neck.
Space dust.
Don’t breathe this.
Don’t you tell me what to do!
- Cave Johnson
Ive had that theme song stuck in my for the past 4 or 5 days… it had finally stopped, and you had to go and type that. hums angerly
“We didn’t expect the stripper to pop out, but we’re not complaining.”
TLDR it’s just the canister, the actual sample is still locked for another week or so
They really didn’t do a good job of making that clear until the very end of the article.
Intentionally
There’s a symbiote in there somewhere
I hope it’s Natasha Henstridge!
Andromeda strain
They have samples from the Andromeda system? 🤔 /s
What an incredible accomplishment. It would be fascinating to learn something we never thought imaginable through this mission.
Why spent a lot of effort bringing down samples from Bennu when that asteroid will go down to earth on its own in 159 years? /s
If you see NASA scientists become emotionless, better get the he’ll out of town.
On the other hand it might be hard to tell.
Every NASA scientist being interviewed about this has been excited as hell. Being into science doesn’t make you an emotionless robot. Science is dope.
Yes. Dope.
You missed the point. It’s fine though, apparently you’re in good company.
do you want space germs? because that’s how you get space germs!
I heard opening it involved moving, rotating, unscrewing. That two feet of shining screw projected when suddenly, the lid fell off
The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one, he said. But still they come.
Ulllaaaaa!
DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN
TFW you can’t decide whether to make a Life or The Andromeda Strain reference.
Have you people never seen “The Blob”?!