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NASA Finally Removes Last Two Fasteners To Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample (www.iflscience.com)
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[–] HurlingDurling 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This canister opening has to be conducted under the most pristine conditions to not contaminate the sample, so this was quite the issue.

Since they couldn't just take a circular saw and cut through it

And here I was going to suggest some WD-40 or a blow torch could help.