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NASA finally figures out how to open a $1-billion canister

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-01-21/nasa-finally-figures-out-how-to-open-a-1-billion-canister

Late last year, a spacecraft containing samples of a 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid landed safely in the desert after a 1.2-billion mile journey.

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Given that you aren't the only audience to a response, even someone who recognizes that it's a joke might add a little bit of context about, I don't know, how melting the fastener might contaminate the sample or grinding the fasteners might cause dust and sparks that could also contaminate the sample, so on and so forth.

That all being said, are you okay? Kneejerk responses like that don't usually come from good places.