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HAYABUSA-FMW-
Dec 8, 2005, 03:33 AM
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/j/snews/2005/image/1110_hayabusa/1110-6-1.jpg

That shadowy shape above the potato shaped asteroid is the probe. Looks kinda like two pong paddles and the ball, eh?

Its real news:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-11-23T125211Z_01_WRI346311_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-SPACE-JAPAN-DC.XML

Speculation time!

Is it gonna blow up a-la the movie Armeggedon via Bruce Willis? Or something worse?
HAYABUSA-FMW-
Dec 8, 2005, 03:42 AM
Breaking News!

http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/12/07/Japan-asteroid051207.html

It may have failed. http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif


The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the Hayabusa probe landed Tuesday on the potato-shaped asteroid called Itokawa. However, it may have failed to shoot a small metal ball into the surface to loosen the dust samples.

Scientists, when will they learn to shoot BIG METAL BALLS.

I'd think that wouldn't fail as often.
Skorpius
Dec 8, 2005, 04:21 AM
Looks like a Canadian flag.
HAYABUSA-FMW-
Dec 8, 2005, 04:53 AM
On 2005-12-08 01:21, Skorpius wrote:
Looks like a Canadian flag.


That might be why it (may have) failed. http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif
space_butler
Dec 8, 2005, 09:48 AM
lolz, japan fails as badly as britan http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif
Jive18
Dec 8, 2005, 06:03 PM
On 2005-12-08 01:53, HAYABUSA-FMW- wrote:


On 2005-12-08 01:21, Skorpius wrote:
Looks like a Canadian flag.


That might be why it (may have) failed. http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif


As usual, "Blame Canada" http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.
HAYABUSA-FMW-
Dec 9, 2005, 05:04 AM
On 2005-12-08 15:03, Jive18 wrote:

As usual, "Blame Canada" http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif.


Well this was still in FKL at the time and I meant it in a joking manner.

Rather than make fun of the blatantly obvious narcissism going on here with me, a mod moved it over here instead.

A simple "Haha, Haya failed" would have made my day.

But hey, its real news, real BORING nerdy news. http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif
Rion772
Dec 9, 2005, 09:52 AM
Well this was still in FKL at the time and I meant it in a joking manner.

Rather than make fun of the blatantly obvious narcissism going on here with me, a mod moved it over here instead.

A simple "Haha, Haya failed" would have made my day.


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Haha, Haya failed!
Rubius-sama
Dec 10, 2005, 02:00 AM
It's not nerdy at all. Some of us appreciate the complex universe we live in, and seek to learn about it.
HAYABUSA-FMW-
Dec 10, 2005, 02:32 AM
On 2005-12-09 23:00, Rubius-sama wrote:
It's not nerdy at all. Some of us appreciate the complex universe we live in, and seek to learn about it.


Shh, don't tell anyone I had been reading up about this event for a while.

But hey, I could have a worse sense of humor about it.

Check out the comments on websites where this info is located.

Everything from "Japan can't do anything right," to "They're gonna roll up a Katamari ball from that space probe!" http://pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif