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Originally Posted by dlavery
- it is unknown at this time if the sample cannister has been breached. If the samples have been exposed to the atmosphere they will be highly contaminated. In that event, it is likely that all sceince wll be lost.
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I thought the samples were expected to be "embedded" in the collection disks, and would thus be slightly protected from contamination by simple exposure to air (and/or dirt). They're not going to be the pristine samples of solar wind they ought to have been, of course, but there should still be plenty of useful information to be gotten.