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Hayabusa Probe Lands on Asteroid After All
pin_gween writes "Reuters.UK is reporting the the Hayabusa space probe successfully landed on the asteroid Itokawa. JAXA officials are trying to determine whether to attempt another landing. The probe has had a series of glitches, and failed to drop a set of instruments upon landing."
Considering that they lost connection with it and how it still managed to land perhaps they should rename it the Zatoichi probe.
"In the game of life, someone always has to lose. To me, if life were fair, that someone would always be Oklahoma." -DKR
Look, a TIE-fighter shadow! (which as everyone knows, is a short-range fighter.)
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Make sure it has the fire wheel equipped for Jacquio. And kill the tail first when you fight the statue.
On Sunday, the probe dropped a small object as a touchdown target from 130 feet above the asteroid and then descended to 56 feet, according to JAXA.
At that point, ground control lost contact with the probe for about three hours, JAXA officials said.
Sounds like Contact . Maybe the probe met some aliens.
Just do what NASA does and ram that asteroid kamikaze style.
Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.
You have to wonder just how autonomous this probe is, if the news that it successfully landed (and has subsequently taken off again) comes as a surprise to Mission Control.
It's a plucky little peon, but without the sampling tools, how is it going to mine Mineral Crystals and Vespene Gas?
...they should have bought the upgrade to On Star(tm).
I don't know why they think they can land it again. Once you're voted off the asteroid, that's it - you go home.
Are you...Are you some kind of genius?
No, ma'am, I'm just a regular Slashdot reader.
It won't. It's a peon not a drone! Let it go after the lumber and gold and we'll be just fine. Get the drones when you're looking for the good stuff.
Blessed are the pessimists, for they have made backups. -- 0 1 My two bits
Storyline:
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On Nov. 9, the Hayabusa moved within 70 meters of the Itokawa during a descending test that aimed to verify the guidance and navigation functions.
The cause of an anomaly that led to the cancellation of the rehearsal scheduled on Nov. 4 was clarified, thus we will carry out its landing at the "MUSES Sea" and sampling under the following schedule.
Captain: What happen ?
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Captain: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It's you !!
CATS: How are you gentlemen !!
CATS: All your base are belong to us.
CATS: You are on the way to destruction.
Captain: What you say !!
CATS: You have no chance to survive make your time.
CATS: Ha Ha Ha Ha
Hayabusa Mission Control: Transmission ended...
$sys$Hayabusa
I wonder what CD-ROM they were listening to when they lost connection to the space probe?
Sony strikes again.....
I am the unwilling control for my Origin.
Hmmm. It's going to have to hussle its metallic behind to make that deadline.
The last part just reminds me of the Monks' song "Skylab": ... something came down on me head. Look at the size of that. It looks like a bloody big tin can.
Take 1000000 and 3
SKYLAB! [repeated]
[Australian accent] Ouch
[Other Australian] You reckon it's got any beer in it?
.. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.