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Hayabusa Probe Lands on Asteroid After All

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the take-make-me-turn-this-probe-around dept.

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."

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  1. That's no moon, er, asteroid! by AndroidCat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look, a TIE-fighter shadow! (which as everyone knows, is a short-range fighter.)

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  2. Re:How much AI? by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
    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 robot. A space robot. A Japanese space robot. You know what those things are like.

    It's probably going to head off to another planet to fight giant fearsome monsters now.

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