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Looking At the Hardware and Software of JAXA's Hayabusa-2 (imgtec.com)

Posted by timothy on from the specialized-focus dept.

alexvoica writes: After interviewing the NASA New Horizons team (if you've missed the original story on Slashdot, you can find it here), it's time to get the views of another famous space agency (JAXA) on spacecraft hardware and software. This interview focuses mainly on Hayabusa-2, the world's first round-trip mission to a C-type asteroid. The main goal of the Hayabusa-2 mission is to visit the near-Earth asteroid 1999 JU3, conduct on site science experiments, collect soil samples from the asteroid, and return them back to Earth. 1999 JU3 is a near-Earth C-type asteroid, and is believed to contain organic and hydrated minerals. The contact at JAXA replying to these questions is Associate Professor Yuichi Tsuda, Ph.D the project manager for Hayabusa-2. Dr. Tsuda works for the Department of Space Flight Systems at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and at JAXA.

16 comments

  1. Summary is missing important information. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    When will this be launched? When can we expect the samples back? Damn it.

    1. Re: Summary is missing important information. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      It launched last December and is planned to return in Dec 2020

  2. Very impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The Japanese are at the absolute forefront when it comes to technical aspects such as micro-electronics in their spacecraft. They leaped over NASA and the Americans years and years ago, and now they are truly in a league of their own. The whole world wishes you the best of luck in your future missions!

    1. Re:Very impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're wrong. JAXA is wholly a Japanese effort, while NASA has had to collaborate and ask help from ESA and other agencies to get NASA missions off the ground. I don't know what "results to date" you're looking at, but they're wrong, period.

      Your comment reeks of petty butt-hurt American who can't stand that the Japanese are betting you far and hard. I think I speak for all of us here on Slashdot when I say your input is not valued nor wanted. Take a hike and leave the discussion to people who can and want to contribute.

    2. Re:Very impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Active US Missions: 8 (about to go up by 2)
      Number of active Japanese missions: 1

      Just tryin' to set the record straight. Don't tug Superman's cape.

    3. Re:Very impressive by rubycodez · · Score: 1

      Most NASA missions in the solar system were launched from USA rockets. when you're wrong, you're wrong

    4. Re:Very impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The records show that all of NASAs endeavors for the last couple of decades have been collaborations with other agencies, suggesting that NASA were not able to finish on their own.

    5. Re:Very impressive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When the US offers to put a sensor on their space craft developed by another country, that is not an example of them being unable to do the mission on their own...

  3. too short on details by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    not worth the read

  4. Re: How do you pronounce that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Liberalism is a mental disorder.

    Liberalism is a mental disorder to people that lack the brain capacity for normal thinking.

    FTFY