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"a425couple" wrote in message news:WkjQM.199245$
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from
https://www.space.com/nasa-osiris-rex-success-recovery-asteroid-sample
NASA`s OSIRIS-REx lands samples of asteroid Bennu to Earth after
historic 4-billion-mile journey
By Brett Tingley last updated about 3 hours ago
"Touchdown for science!" NASA says. "We`re all breathing a huge sigh of
relief."
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There`s no mention of Ph.D astrophysicist and `Queen` guitar rock god Brian
May`s critical role in 3D modeling the asteroid from photographs to find a
suitable landing site.
https://www.space.com/brian-may-osiris-rex-bennu-interview
"The collaboration with NASA started as a space enthusiast`s pastime, but
quickly turned serious when the team discovered that the 1,722-feet-wide
(525 meters) asteroid Bennu, the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission, was
completely devoid of suitable landing sites."
"As it turns out, May`s expertise is in creating 3D-images from single
camera shots taken from various angles and processing those to recreate
vivid lifelike views. The 3D images of Bennu May created helped the team
gauge the nature of the space rock`s treacherous surface and ultimately find
a crater that not only seemed to contain scientifically promising material,
but also looked boulder-free enough to allow OSIRIS-REx, after some serious
software updates, to attempt the landing."
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