Concepts for the curation, primary examination, and allocation of comet nucleus samples by a comet sample receiving laboratory

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Comet Nuclei, Space Missions, Space Probes, Boundary Conditions, Chemical Analysis, Cryogenic Equipment, Mission Planning, Petrography, Comets, Sampling, Sample Return Missions, Procedure, Laboratory Studies, Comet Nuclei, Cnsr Mission, Rosetta Mission, Description, Equipment, Analysis, Parameters, Science Aspects, Core Samples, Regolith, Petrography, Diagrams, Technical Aspects

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The Comet Nucleus Sample Return Mission Rosetta, a cornerstone mission of ESA jointly planned with NASA, requires the implementation of a highly sophisticated curatorial facility for the returned samples. A concept for the instrumentation and the mode of operation of a Comet Sample Receiving Laboratory (CSRL) is proposed. The main elements of the facility are (1) cryogenic evacuated cabinets with robotic manipulators; (2) devices for sample dissection, aliquotization, phase separation, and thin section preparation; and (3) instrumentation for nondestructive chemical and physical analyses and facilities for destructive mineralogical, textural, and (micro)chemical analyses. It is recommended that a very detailed primary sample examination and analysis be performed on a small representative fraction of the samples at the P-T-conditions of the parent comet nucleus before sample aliquots are released to principle investigators. The CSRL should be staffed with top rank personnel and supervised by an international peer review panel which may also be responsible for the selection of investigators and the allocation of samples.

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