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[CWSmith]

That's the amount that was captured, not the amount that was blasted off the object. If you read the link in the OP:

"The idea was to...

[CWSmith]

My mother used to cook a roast beef until it bordered on construction material.

I would slather on sour cream with a big helping of horseradish....

[CWSmith]

He was younger than I thought. That's doubly sad.

[CWSmith]

Jim, you have the best late night thoughts! I wake up either thinking about work or rehashing an unhappy dream. You thoughts are much more interesti...

[CWSmith]

I'm not sure that matters. My point was the s/c legs sank into the surface and the effort to blow dust for the sample created a large crater than expected....

[CWSmith]

The charge to mass ratio of dust is so low that it penetrated the heliosphere.

Yes, interstellar dust or heliospheric dust, I still wond...

[CWSmith]

I'm wondering how the age of the asteroid, which is 4B years, together with the soft dusty nature of the asteroid's surface combine to determine the age...

[CWSmith]

Very sorry to hear this. He was a truly delightful fellow. He will be missed for a long time to come.

[CWSmith]

I don't know where you found that, but it's perfect!

[CWSmith]

They are both an inspiration for us all.

[CWSmith]

Is horseradish a thing outside England?

Take two blocks of cream cheese softened, add a large amount of horseradish while draining away as...

[CWSmith]

I would say supreme arrogance and the belief that the ends justify the means....

[CWSmith]

Offended. These people don't think that anything they are doing is wrong. I am convinced that their belief in being right overwhelms everything els...

[CWSmith]

DC is bad
Boston is worse
I've been in NYC enough to never drive their again

[CWSmith]

Pun aside, that is very cool!

[CWSmith]

I like that word. It conveys an emotion the definition does not carry.

[CWSmith]

Can you think of any other industry that gets to deduct their taxes? I can't. Can manufacturing deduct property taxes? They depreciate equipment, but...

[CWSmith]

Amen to that!...

[CWSmith]

Is this really any different from any other self-employed person or someone or someone who incurs employment expenses (work clothes like overalls or a...

[CWSmith]

^ Lee, I think this shows that we have already learned something even before the sample is examined. This is exciting.