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Hayabusa Earth Flyby Swings Toward Asteroid
An anonymous reader writes "As the first of its kind to return asteroid samples to Earth, the Japanese Hayabusa mission took pictures this week during its successful Earth flyby. Eventually headed to the asteroid belt, the probe will feature a novel sample collection 'horn' which hops around on the asteroid's surface and lands intermittently for only a second at a time. The samples will be dust clouds fired up from repeated bullet impacts, since the asteroid's low gravity makes it difficult to 'land' on. When faced with a similar problem, the European Rosetta mission alternatively will harpoon the surface to hang on while also touching down on another small-mass asteroid."
I suppose what you mean is the Tunguska incident. Shit happens you know, and I guess I just caused a similar incident in the toilet bowl I'm sitting on... You know, with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology I can now sit with my notebook on the crapper. Damm... I forgot to take the cam with me, I would have loved to indulge your fecal fantasies! You know, I really hate it when I forget to clean my ass in time and the shit starts to dry up and itch.
Hey, I've posted a link to a site with the answer: HERE
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