Sample return missions

Bringing material home, and why it is worth the difficulty.

Scope

• The scientific case for sample return
• Missions flown: Apollo, Hayabusa, OSIRIS-REx, Chang’e
• Mars Sample Return architecture and its cost problem
• Curation, contamination control and planetary protection

Notes

Nothing written here yet. Working notes go in Research and Learning Lab; anything that becomes durable is promoted onto this page.

References

To be added as the topic is worked through.