Interview: Christopher Morrison and the Interstellar Sample Return Mission

This week I talk to Christopher Morrison from USNC about their recently awarded NIAC Grant. Their grant will investigate the feasibility of a radioisotope-electric propelled spacecraft that could intercept and retrieve a sample from a future interstellar asteroid or comet.  You can learn more about it here: 

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/niac/2021_Phase_I/Extrasolar_Object_Interceptor_and_Sample_Return/

Watch the video here or on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/HsON8yF5Rjo

Interview_ Christopher Morrison and the Interstellar Sample Return Mission.mp4 (Vimeo)