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Future of Hayabusa Asteroid Probe Looks Bleak

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. Best wishes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Good ruck, guys!

  2. Funny... by TheRealBurKaZoiD · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not to flame, but it looks like the japanese aren't so smart after all.

  3. In other news... by borawjm · · Score: -1, Troll

    Several Japanese scientists have been asked to commit seppuku to attenuate their shame

  4. (6plus one InformativeW) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Talk to one of the that have raged BSD's filesystem knows for sure what Move forward, 80s, DARPA saw BSD perspective, the non ni6ger patrons I know it sux0rs, for trolls'