According to the OSIRIS-REx website run by NASA the heat shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy:
[![pic from asteroidmission.org ][2]][2]
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study. [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/ULFmm.png
According to the OSIRIS-REx website run by NASA the heat shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy:
[![pic from asteroidmission.org ][2]][2]
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study. [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/ULFmm.png
According to the OSIRIS-REx website run by NASA the heat shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy:
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study.
According the the OSIRIS-RExto http://www.asteroidmission.org/mission/#samplethe OSIRIS-REx website run by NASA website run by NASA the headheat shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy. The website isn't really set up to have a direct link to the info so I took a screenshot:
[![pic from asteroidmission.org ][2]][2]
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study.
According the the OSIRIS-REx http://www.asteroidmission.org/mission/#sample website run by NASA the head shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy. The website isn't really set up to have a direct link to the info so I took a screenshot.
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study.
According to the OSIRIS-REx website run by NASA the heat shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy:
[![pic from asteroidmission.org ][2]][2]
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study. [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/ULFmm.png
According the the OSIRIS-REx http://www.asteroidmission.org/mission/#sample website run by NASA the head shield on the sample return capsule removes over 99% of the initial kinetic energy. The website isn't really set up to have a direct link to the info so I took a screenshot.
That should be enough to prevent any chemical/biological changes and preserve the regolith for further scientific study.
