This Looks Like a Mission I Would Design, With No Training in Astrophysics or Propulsion

(Cue Jerry Lewis voice effect)

This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Matchpoint rehearsal, which is the final time the mission will practice the initial steps of the sample collection sequence before touching down on asteroid Bennu.

Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona

It misses the “X” by like a mile. Or a kilometer. Or whatever.

I like the debris field at the end of the trajectory.

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