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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 8 Sep 2016

    Nasa launches Osiris-Rex probe on seven-year mission to collect asteroid sampleshttp://bbc.in/2cmA4xX 

    4:10 PM - 8 Sep 2016
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    • Services4Authors Pratiksha Dhakal Lauren Welch Virginia Paige Bernadette Clarkson Martha Laurent TechSmart Digital Emanuel Aloyce Charis Ashlin
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      1. David Lewis‏ @davelewis62 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCNews picture taken on flight from Charlotte N.C. to Jacksonville.pic.twitter.com/L4BMFJct7Y

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      1. Spark Vizla‏ @SparkVizla 8 Sep 2016
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        @BBCNews Cheers on liftoff. W/ open arms these advances benefit all mankind. Lessons from #StarTrek50.pic.twitter.com/x6pVTNGcQv

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      2. Tim Hopper‏ @timwhistles 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @R_A_1N_B0W_DAHS

        Surely the tweet you replied to answered that? Or maybe @BBCBreaking and @NASA should shut up and leave @twitter?

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      4. Tim Hopper‏ @timwhistles 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @R_A_1N_B0W_DAHS @BBCBreaking and

        Nope. And that proves that it's YOU that should shut up and go away! I'm not yet a naturist :-)

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      6. Tim Hopper‏ @timwhistles 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @R_A_1N_B0W_DAHS @BBCBreaking and

        What's illegal? Naturism someplaces, probably. Naturalism, no places, hopefully! Why you SHOUT?

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      1. Denise A. Messenger‏ @66otter 9 Sep 2016
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        @BBCNews maybe ! But another burn through the atmosphere, is this good?!!!

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      1. Marko‏ @morman855 9 Sep 2016
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        @BBCNews Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of Osiris-Rex. It's 7-year mission: to explore strange new ...

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      1. Sue Hutchinson‏ @rangerwyld 8 Sep 2016
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        Planet Juno responds by quipping to Jupiter "Gods, now even the Egyptians are in space..."

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      1. Sanders7221‏ @sanders7221 8 Sep 2016
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        Principal Investigator (PI) is University of Arizona. Marks first time a public university has taken the lead on the payload.

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      1. Lee Viorel‏ @attynews63 8 Sep 2016
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        there was a time when every space launch was the most watched item in the news. Our aspirational priorities seem to be lost.

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      1. Michael SKI‏ @Michael60once 8 Sep 2016
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        That's what they say. The cost and we got people starving to death. There's a bigger picture. Don't be naive.

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      1. jean keough‏ @fireflyjeannie 8 Sep 2016
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        @BBCNews amazing!!!

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      1. sloburban‏ @sloburban 8 Sep 2016
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        @BBCNews the poor people of Chicago patiently waiting for the rock sample knowing their lives will get much better once in hand

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