Studying the runaway greenhouse effect on Venus is crucial to understanding the future of Earth's climate.

“no I mean a serious answer is that by studying what happened to Venus we can be better prepared to understand changes in Earth's future and that indeed is one of the big motivations for understanding what happened to The Climate there”

Studying other planets is valuable because it provides insights that help humans better understand and manage Earth.

“the more we explore these other worlds the more we know about our own”

Sending a mission to Venus is scientifically valuable for understanding the conditions required for habitability on Earth-like planets.

“only the earth was able to maintain long-term habitability Venus might have had an early ocean losted although it's co2 is in its atmosphere it has a runaway greenhouse why how hard is it to make earth 2.0 Venus can help us figure that out”

The samples returned by the OSIRIS-REx mission provide a scientific breakthrough because they contain primitive carbon chemistry preserved in pristine space conditions.

“and so it's very hard to collect this these kind of samples in a free sample from space and a meteorite and that's why going and get this getting this kind of sample was really a scientific breakthrough”

The mission was a success because it collected enough material to meet scientific goals despite unexpected challenges with the surface structure.

“So, the PI had to make some quick decisions with the associate administrator of NASA and other people to basically stow the sample much quicker than we had expected to prevent more from loss. But of course, as you know, we got the hundred and 22 grams of sample, hundred 21 point six”

The OSIRIS-REx mission provides a unique opportunity to study asteroid composition up close and understand potential future collisions with Earth.

“that's one of the reasons we go to study them in space because if we go up close to them we can see exactly what they're doing we see what they're made of what shape they are and and what is sitting on their surface that's going to affect all of these things”