Future of Hayabusa Asteroid Probe Looks Bleak

Posted by Hemos on Monday December 12, 2005 @03:11AM from the here's-to-hoping dept.

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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Just shows the tech abilities... by Jason+Hood · 2005-12-12 05:07 · Score: 0, Offtopic

This just shows how much the US has fallen behind in the technology arena thanks to the Bush Administration (tm). Oh wait... Wrong thread, sorry.

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