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Japan Has Attempted To Land Two Tiny Rovers On a Distant Asteroid (arstechnica.com)
On Friday, Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft attempted to deploy two miniature rovers on an asteroid that it's been orbiting since mid-August. Ars Technica reports: Each weighed only about a kilogram, and after separating from the main spacecraft they approached the asteroid named Ryugu. Japanese mission scientists think the rovers touched down successfully, but are not completely sure. Communication with the two landers stopped near the moment of touchdown. This is presumably because Ryugu's rotation took the rovers out of view from the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, but scientists won't know for sure until later Friday (or Saturday morning, in Japan) when they attempt to download images from the rovers. And thus we are left with a suspenseful situation.
I prefer to tend to my collection of authentic penis bird stuffed animals
Let the tendies hit the flo!
Yeah nobody paid much attention to Christ or the Buddha, probably because they were both naked most of the time. It was like, dude. Nobody wants to stare at that, get a robe and use it.
Most male birds (e.g., roosters and turkeys) have a cloaca (also present on the female), but not a penis. Among bird species with a penis are paleognathes (tinamous and ratites) and Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans). ... While most male birds have no external genitalia, male waterfowl (Anatidae) have a phallus. Trump morons (Trumpus Arumpuss) have nothing at all, just a smooth spot where genitals should be, as opposed to Trump's tiny mushroom-like growth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis
And Mohammed looked just like Bin Laden. Your point that religion is the devils's work is well taken.
It's Saturday morning in the USA now, and it still hasn't been announced if they made it. When they spend this many hours not announcing success, that usually means there was a problem. Their Twitter feed talks about the Hayabusa2 returning to its normal distance, but says nothing of the rovers.
Corruption is convincing someone that the selfless ideal is the same as their selfish ideal.
Interesting but inaccurate assessment. The "eye for an eye" was not an escalation of cruelty but a redefining of how humans treat one another. Prior response was to enslave, torture, slaughter, or annihilate with no sense of respect for humanity. This institution was a complete watershed moment in human history toward dignity of mankind. Jesus not only agreed with this principle but He is the Logos who commanded it. Interestingly, about 1,500 years later, women were considered chattel and unable to testify in the court systems of their day nor participate in much of the same way a man could in society. A man in Palestine could divorce his wife at a whim with the expression of "i divorce you" three times in succession. Their value had never been elevated for much more than anecdotal points in history. In one move (having two women as witnesses to his resurrection), he showed his intention toward women in that they are equals! Minus this move and man's total (not utter) depravity, women would still be on the receiving end of this level of dominance. This Jesus you speak of was the same Being that in mercy, clothed a naked man and woman in a garden who, after having been given all, committed cosmic treason against that same Being. It wasn't Jesus who unclothed himself but rather the beings He created who in their continued depravity, tortured and killed an innocent Man. Paradoxically, it was by His institution and willingness to become a human, live a life of complete obedience which we fail to do sometimes by the minute, be slaughtered (not for an "eye for an eye" but in brutal Roman crucifixion), be raised from the place where I, the writer of this post, and you the reader of this post are all destined to end, and provide a way for anyone who believes to bypass a judgement that He will make on the souls of each of us. It sounds foolish but the evidence to this is more vetted than any historical fact and more attested to than any act in history.
Guess what movie that reference came from...
This thing is only 16 minute away. At the speed of light!
One bit takes 16 minutes to traverse the distance between us and Hayabusa2.
300,000,000 kilometers. 186,000,000 miles. Two times as far as the Earth to the Sun.
https://twitter.com/haya2e_jaxa
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We are sorry we have kept you waiting! MINERVA-II1 consists of two rovers, 1a & 1b. Both rovers are confirmed to have landed on the surface of Ryugu. They are in good condition and have transmitted photos & data. We also confirmed they are moving on the surface. #asteroidlanding
5:47 AM - 22 Sep 2018
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nostros desde mi web lo hemos visto correcto senor https://tuchollo.online/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/09/22/national/science-health/jaxa-confirms-tiny-robots-hayabusa2-landed-asteroid/
Rovers have beamed back images to Hayabusa2.
As I understand it the asteroid (Ryugu) is about 1km in diameter. What amazes me is that the landers can land in the first place.without drifting off and can have any moving parts without displacing themselves in the minuscule gravity. Obviously the Japanese understand all that and have made due allowance. Still it's impressive.
You can't see ANYTHING from a car, You've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk...Edward Abbey
could not engineer a simple device with one job of retrieving an ore sample from a passing probe and returning to ISS? Really?!
I thought we were living in the 'giant SUVs' time.
These rovers are just the first part of this ambitious mission. According to CNN the main Hayabusa2 spacecraft will launch a 3rd rover called MASCOT in early October. Then later in October the main Hayabusa2 spacecraft will attempt to land on Ryugu after blasting a crater to expose material that have not been exposed to space. The Hayabusa2 spacecraft will attempt to collect samples of this material. The plan is for the Hayabusa2 to depart Ryugu in December 2019 and return to earth with its samples late in 2020.
Lookit, Bill-Bob. Ima fire my 308 over my shoulder, off old-man Wilson's water tower, off the bridge over in Dix county, off the railroad tracks in Gelph county and round yonder before hitting that fly right thar.
BAM. Dead fly.
Fan-fucking-tastic. The point is that they made an incredible shot over absurd distances with a 32 minute lag between observing something and sending a command in response. And they did it.
Fan-fucking-tastic!
The asteroid is covered with Ninjas!
It sounds foolish but the evidence to this is more vetted than any historical fact and more attested to than any act in history.
You're right.
It does sound foolish. It also sounds like bullshit.