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Japanese 'Minerva' Robot Lost in Space

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the danger-will-robinson dept.

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."

3 of 201 comments (clear)

  1. Well! by Chewbacon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That wasn't very motherly.

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    Chewbacon
    The Bible is like Wikipedia: written by a bunch of people and verifiable by questionable sources.
  2. Re:dang! by eln · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Maybe Steve Ballmer was on the ship. It would certainly explain why the ship suddenly threw the probe into space.

  3. Re:Talk about lag... by borawjm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Likewise...