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NASA Finally Removes Last Two Fasteners To Access Historic Bennu Asteroid Sample (www.iflscience.com)

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[–] Bears_Koolaid 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I really want to see the tool they developed to do this.

Edit: This NASA blog page has some images and more details of the tools themselves

https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2024/01/11/nasas-osiris-rex-team-clears-hurdle-to-access-remaining-bennu-sample/

[–] XeroxCool 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are those... Philips screws? Looks like maybe two dots indicating JIS (shallower angle, less cam-out, and #1 cause of stripped screws on Japanese motorcycles) but I'd really like to know why a hex or torx screw wasn't used

[–] Bears_Koolaid 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I was curious about that too. They look like Torq-set to me, being that the slots are offset from the center of the screw. If that's the case they're shouldn't be any cam out at all.

In either case the fasteners that were stuck appear to be Hex head, and the phillips looking fasteners just held a protective cover in place (?)

I would imagine NASA would know better than to use Philips for anything lol.

By the way there is a link on the page to more images of the assembly