Japanese 'Minerva' Robot Lost in Space

space_weasel writes "A little Japanese robot that was supposed to land on the surface of an asteroid has accidentally been flung into space by its mothership. New Scientist Space reports that the accident occurred as the data link with the spacecraft was being switched from an station in Japan to one in Australia. Mission controllers still plan to punch a hole in the asteroid and collect samples, which will be returned to Earth."

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Re:High Anxiety

[Doc Ruby]

I say you're an Anonymous offtopic Coward cricket. Your "calculations" obviously ignore the vast disorder created elsewhere by ordered organic systems. Or do you think your toilet leads nowhere? Of course, the "external energy source" driving Earth's biochemistry is... the Sun. Sure, you're probably "joking", but there are plenty of anonymous gibberers who'd post exactly your drivel. I now leave you to commune with the crickets.