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by netcan 4455 days ago
The last paragraph is good writing.

The challenges are to make sure that the interesting particles would not break apart, to take precautions that any alien life would not infect Earth, and to fit it into the $500 million budget of one of NASA’s lower-cost planetary missions.

It frames it all beautifully. Engineering feats solving problems you don't quite understand. Sci fi potential. Budgetary drudgery.