Japan Moon Probe Snaps First Photos

mrcgran writes "Space.com reports, "Almost one month after Japan's successful launch of the Kaguya lunar probe, the unmanned observatory has begun its first major activities in orbit around the moon. In addition to snapping its first lunar images, the probe jettisoned one of two 110-pound (50-kilogram) "baby" satellites that will help create a detailed gravity map of the moon." The major objectives of the "KAGUYA" mission are to obtain scientific data of the lunar origin and evolution and to develop the technology for the future lunar exploration. "KAGUYA" consists of a main orbiting satellite at about 100km altitude and two small satellites (Relay Satellite and VRAD Satellite) in polar orbit."

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Re:Weapons

[Anonymous Coward]

You're a fucking idiot.

Re:Weapons

[vtcodger]

***Japan is an ally because we were allowed to finish the job and did not "cut and run". Hell, we are still there!***

If the US had mismanaged the occupation of Japan and Germany to the extent that it has bungled things in Iraq, we'd have ended up fighting and losing 20 year long guerilla wars in both places. And we'd be looking at two important rearmed and hostile enemies.

Like Kenney Rogers says "You gotta know when to hold em and know when to fold em." In the case of Iraq we should have stayed out of the game and it's long past time to fold our hand just walk away. Stay a few more years and it'll be time to run.

BTW, I don't have any problem with sending the Iraqi's a bunch more money eventually to fix up their country. We broke it. We should pay for the damage. But they probably need to have (a) real functioning government(s) before air-dropping money will do any good. In the meantime, how about we focus on what went wrong in the US, and why, and how do we keep the clowns who are responsible from ever doing any decision making again?