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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Space => Topic started by: TomSea on April 05, 2019, 03:50:19 pm
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Hayabusa-2: Japanese probe likely to have 'bombed' an asteroid
By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/15554/production/_106308378_950b9b37-39c3-4260-a6c3-6c698e0b6d4b.jpg)
Artwork: Scientists want to retrieve a pristine sample of material from the crater
The Japanese Hayabusa-2 spacecraft is thought to have detonated an explosive charge on the asteroid it is exploring.
The idea was to create an artificial crater on the object known as Ryugu.
If this is successful - and the early indications are positive - the probe will later return to gather samples from the gouged depression.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47818460 (https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-47818460)
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Was it a surprise attack?
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Was it a surprise attack?
The asteroid never saw it coming.
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Have they never seen a Japanese monster movie? This is how it starts.
"We exploded a bomb on asteroid Ryugu. We named it that because it looks strangely like a giant egg"
"Hey I heard a terrifying sound coming from the basement. I'll take a candle down there and look around"
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Have they never seen a Japanese monster movie? This is how it starts.
"We exploded a bomb on asteroid Ryugu. We named it that because it looks strangely like a giant egg"
"Hey I heard a terrifying sound coming from the basement. I'll take a candle down there and look around"
You head to the basement.
I'll go to the attic.
Everyone else, head for the graveyard.
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Interesting.....