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[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Except no weathering.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is lots of weathering on mars

[–] jaycifer@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But not on an asteroid

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They literally shot it with a 2kg copper slug (bullet) to expose parts that were not weathered to collect samples