Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy?

The Science Show - Full Program Podcast
22/04/2025 13 min
Lab Notes: Why did NASA spend a billion bucks on Lucy?

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Somewhere out past Mars in the early hours of Easter Monday, a space probe called Lucy whizzed by an asteroid named Donaldjohanson.Lucy then sent back images showing Donaldjohanson is about five kilometres wide and shaped like a peanut.It's one of a handful of asteroids on Lucy's 12-year itinerary.So what does the billion-dollar mission hope to achieve?

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