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Japan Joins The Space Business

jukal writes "CNN writes: "Today's launch marks a major step towards commercialization of Japan's satellite launch business," said an official of the National Space Development Agency (NASDA). Payload: a data relay satellite and an unmanned space experiment recovery system. Detailed launch report is here."

17 comments

  1. frost p!st?????? by sithkhan · · Score: -1

    could it be?

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    is it that bad seein a hot chick again? if i see a hot chick walkin down the hall i dont say "repost"
  2. Greeat! by Gamasta · · Score: 0

    More orbital garbage, more walking blinking things to watch at sunrise/set... I'm kind of blind, so it's pretty hard to find sattelites.

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    reason defies logic
  3. Prepare for War! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Are you prepared to die for your rights and freedom?

    Are you prepared to kill?

    September 11th marks a turning point in history. The day the islamic world showed its true face. The terror of that fateful day need not be recalled here, for there are far worthier media outlets that can stage a fitting tribute to the fallen. But the repercussions of this event have been felt for the past 365 days.

    Notice how you don't feel as secure as you did in employment. Notice how suddenly your salary doesn't stretch as far as it used to? Notice the lump tightening in your gut every time you see an islamic walking freely.

    Now ask yourself? Have you let the terrorists win?

    They are laughing at us. The whole islamic world is laughing at us. They will be in our streets tomorrow, cheering and celebrating the act of mass murder. Why are they permitted to support acts of barbarism?

    Why? Because we live in a Free Country. Yet, paradoxically, it is our freedom which offends the islamic the most. They know fine well that in their barbaric despotisms they would not be permitted ANY means of protest against the goverment. Yet, not only are they free to protest, to burn our flag, but they are nigh on ENCOURAGED to do so by the liberal media.

    Switch on your television set tomorrow. You'll see them. The liberals. Plump and fat with the rich pickings of their well-fed middle class white heritage, they shall be bleating that somehow, it's all America's fault. That America is a nation forged from genocide, that the numbers of children killed in Iraq and Afghanistan far outweigh the tiny little statistic of the World Trade Centre murders. Making us feel guilty for the privledge of being noble-hearted Americans. Denying our nation the opportunity to mourn.

    We face a twin pronged attack. The liberal media, forever assaulting the values we hold dear, and the islamic menace. A permanent threat that has been allowed to continue far too long.

    Understand that for an islamic, the idea that a non-islamic should be permitted to live in peace is HERESY. Like any good brain-washing cult, islamics are indoctrinated from birth and are forced to remember every verse in their "Terrorist's Handbook", the Koran. Without recourse to other treatises on morality, is it any wonder that islamics have degenerated to the point of raw animal savagery?

    As long as islamics are tolerated in decent society, there will always be terrorism. They want to see this 'decent society' destroyed from within. Notice how, although islamic culture is supposed to be a 'paradise', these animals cannot WAIT to get out of their own countries and into Western civilization.

    Why is this? Surely, it is a core belief of islam that a muslim should offer shelter to their fellow muslim. So, why is Europe infested with the black cancer of 'asylum seekers'? The answer is simple. Asylum seekers are an invasion force. Entering decent countries and tearing them apart from within. Demanding to be treated with more privledge than the native population. Clogging up government services and squandering taxpayers money without offering anything back to the society they force to become their home. Other than an increase in crime rates, of course.

    Surely a western government is in place "For the people"? Ask ANY European Citizen whether they want asylum resettlement centres in their towns, and you'll recieve a unanimous "Non". So why is THIS invasion tolerated?

    Socialism! Successive socialist goverments in Europe have allowed the islamic cancer to spread unchecked. This is why, even though islam is a religion, and not a skin colour, every muslim knows how to cry "racist" whenever they are asked to behave like a human being.

    For a 'just' and 'tolerant' religion, it is shocking to see how quickly islamic settlement areas degenerate into high crime zones, where the rest of society; be they white, chinese, hindu, sikh, whatever; fears to walk. There are areas of all our inner cities which operate under strict Sharia law in all but name. Gangs of muslim youths roam freely, each one of them a mini Bin Laden.

    This is the army which we must face. Together, not as whites, or purebreed aryans, or any of that bullshit, but as AMERICANS, we must stand together. For even the most liberal of human beings knows, in their heart, that islam poses a threat to the very foundation of our existance.

    We have guns. We need to use them before further liberalism pries them from our grasps. Because we know that THEY have guns as well. And they are just waiting for the call from their Terrorist Training Camps (mosques) to begin the holy jihad. And it will be the blood of our families, our beloved ones, that will be spilled if we don't act. We must act soon and decisively. Entering the muslim-held areas en masse and eliminating their foul subhuman breed for good. For once our country is purged, and no more islamics are permitted entry, we know we shall be steadfast on the road to security.

    The muslim's heart craves war, and on September 11th 2001 they chose to bring the battle onto the streets of America.

    September 11th 2002 shall be the day we fight back. Our new Independance Day.

    I ask you now, if any word of this diatribe strikes a chord in your heart, PLEASE post it on. Usenet. Online forums. Wherever. Because, despite decades of liberal propaganda, you know that every word said is forged from the cold, harsh flame of truth.

    1. Re:Prepare for War! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Yeah! Down with Islam! Long live Atheism!

    2. Re:Prepare for War! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      AtheWhat?

    3. Re: Prepare for War! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Honestly man, i've heard talk like this before...

      The emboidiment of everything anti-american...

      Berlin, Germany, 1939, sound familiar?

    4. Re:Prepare for War! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You my freind, are the shining example of the kind of people that are going tear this planet apart.

      How about, instead of viewing people by such trivial standards as religion, creed, and geography, but as Human Beings, for those outdated and trivial paradigms are what drives the unending hatred that exists on this world.

      We are entering a time where all nations, all people will be in it for the speicies, for too long squabbles and rantings like this have resulted in disaster and genocide, The Crusades, World War Two, Manifest Destiny (both Soviet, European, and American), Jihads, honestly my freind, you sound like the embodiment of everything the world has tried to forget and move past.

      You sound like Hitler, just like Hitler, so much like Hitler it is chilling, but if you insist on trying to start another Holocaust, go ahead and try, the American, Canadian, British, European and all other nations of decent and moral people will overcome and obliterate it just like we have before.

      You call yourself and American.

  4. At what cost? by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Japan has been working its way slowly into the space business for a long time, including some embarrassing setbacks. I wonder how much of it is subsidized. IOW, it may be for political or nationalistic reasons rather than to make money (any time soon).

    1. Re:At what cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      for (int i = 0; i 1000000; i++)
      {
      You're a fucking troll.
      }

    2. Re:At what cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      for (int i = 0; i 1000000; i++)
      {
      You still have no real evidence
      }

    3. Re:At what cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      while theory_is_unprovable do
      begin
      console.print('lack of subjective evidence does neither proves nor disproves your assertion');
      end;

      //that's right, i used pascal just to make you mad

    4. Re:At what cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Redundant"? Where the hell is the original? Fucken moderators! Can't even put keys in their data records.

    5. Re:At what cost? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      IT WORKED, Pascal sucks! I'm fuming over here! Livid!

  5. USERS experiments by masterkool · · Score: 3, Informative

    Here is a HTML document of the USERS project description. It has just about everything about the project. Its pdf counterpart is also available.

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    I once shot a man who posted too many, "Imagine a beowulf cluster of these"
    1. Re:USERS experiments by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      someone mod this guy up. PDF was great!

  6. Re:frost p!st?????? Rick Austenson's a homo??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As sure as Rick Austenson is a flaming homo, this is a first post

  7. NASDA by lommer · · Score: 1

    did they HAVE to name it NASDA?

    man that is going to get confusing...