OSIRIS-REx Interview Clips

Dr. Dante Lauretta - OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator, University of ArizonaInterview from December, 2014 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studio.0:00 - Dante Lauretta Intro0:07 - What is OSIRIS-REx?0:23 - Why is OSIRIS-REx exciting?0:51 - Why are asteroids considered "time capsules"?1:49 - Why sample an asteroid instead of studying meteorites?2:51 - Why was Bennu chosen as the target asteroid?4:01 - What is the timeline of the OSIRIS-REx mission?4:20 - How will OSIRIS-REx navigate in the low gravity of Bennu?5:10 - What will OSIRIS-REx do while it's at Bennu?6:24 - How will OSIRIS-REx select a sample site?7:32 - How does OSIRIS-REx and TAGSAM incorporate what you've learned from past missions?8:49 - What will happen to the sample once it's back on Earth?9:26 - How will scientists be able to study the returned sample?

Dr. Jason Dworkin - OSIRIS-REx Project Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight CenterInterview from January, 2015 at the Goddard Space Flight Center Astrobiology Lab0:00 - Jason Dworkin Intro0:14 - What is the role of a project scientist?0:53 - What will you learn by returning a sample from asteroid Bennu?1:07 - How is Bennu a "time capsule"?1:53 - Why was Bennu chosen as the target asteroid for OSIRIS-REx?2:49 - Why look at an asteroid sample instead of meteorites?3:48 - Why return a sample from Bennu instead of just studying it in situ?5:03 - What does the future hold for the returned asteroid sample?5:39 - Who will get to study the returned asteroid sample?6:05 - How does this compare to the Apollo moon samples?6:24 - What science will we learn from the Bennu sample?7:21 - How does organic chemistry help us understand the origin of life?8:31 - What does the Astrobiology Laboratory at NASA Goddard study?8:52 - Room Tone

Dr. Tim Haltigin, OSIRIS-REx Canadian Mission Manager, Canadian Space AgencyInterview from March, 2016 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center studio0:00 - Tim Haltigin Intro0:20 - Why are asteroids important to planetary science?0:54 - Analogy: Earth is like a cake and asteroids are like the mixing bowl1:37 - What is OSIRIS-REx?1:51 - What is OLA?2:09 - What past instruments has the Canadian Space Agency contributed to NASA missions?2:28 - Why did Canada contribute OLA to OSIRIS-REx?2:58 - How does OLA use LIDAR?3:43 - Why does OLA have two lasers?4:29 - When will the OLA instrument turn on?5:01 - What will be the resolution of OLA's map of Bennu?5:35 - Why is it important to understand the shape of asteroid Bennu?6:22 - What are the challenges in building an instrument for spaceflight?7:07 - Why is it important to test your instrument?8:08 - Why is a thermal vacuum test particularly important for OLA?8:46 - How will OLA's shape model of Bennu compare to what we already know?9:08 - Why is OSIRIS-REx exciting for you personally?