Future of Hayabusa Asteroid Probe Looks Bleak

mj_1903 writes "After landing, then not landing, then potentially landing on an asteroid it appears as though the Japanese spacecraft may have collected specimens of the asteroid. Unfortunately a host of problems is continuing to plague it including a lack of fuel, a shutdown of part of the chemical orientation system, a complete failure of the flywheels and communication issues. The Japanese team are however not giving up on it and are still hopeful that they can return it to the earth in June of 2007."

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I smell raelians? Maybe hale-bopp cult?

[gentimjs]

.. the tides are caused by the moon's gravitational pull effecting the rise of the sea level towards the moon .. this has been known for many many many years... As for "whomever/whatever" having "planned all this" .... Uh .. yeah ... given natural development and adaptation to an environment, things couldnt be any different than the way they are now ... if the planet was 20 degrees colder, we'd likely be covered in fur since only our ancestors born with fur (way way back) would have survived long enough to breed, animals such as a scorpion which cannot survive cold climates wouldnt be around in thier current form, we'd have much larger ice caps, etc etc... Or perhapps someone invited the scientoligists over for dinner?