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A Japanese Probe Is Closing in on an Asteroid 180 Million Miles from Earth
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| June 25, 2018 03:34pm ET
| Elizabeth Howell,
Posted on 06/25/2018 8:14:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; 2ndDivisionVet; azishot; ...
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posted on
06/25/2018 9:22:55 PM PDT
by
bitt
(t\\)
To: knarf
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posted on
06/25/2018 9:31:22 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BenLurkin
At 180 million miles, the probe has only traveled about 1/10th of the distance to Uranus.
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posted on
06/25/2018 9:38:39 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: BeauBo
No FR space thread would be complete without Uranus.
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posted on
06/25/2018 9:46:46 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: bitt
***Asteroid 180 Million Miles from Earth***
I hope it is the new DNC HQ!
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posted on
06/25/2018 9:51:23 PM PDT
by
Bob Ireland
(The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
To: Dagnabitt
Vid on the link site shows how it maneuvers. Pretty cool - a box shape, with an internal weight on a rotating arm appears to upset its CG so that it can “roll” and wind up on any side it wants.
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:09:47 PM PDT
by
C210N
(Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
To: BenLurkin
Hopefully this is the gold asteroid that will make us all billionaires.
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:21:42 PM PDT
by
BBell
(says stupid things posts dumber things)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:46:52 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, but is the pilot of the craft wearing an appropriately gender-sensitive shirt?
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:54:44 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: BenLurkin
Barrel full of deadly Ah-Ji-No-Moto set to go off at end of meal.
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:56:36 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
To: knarf
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:57:38 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
To: BenLurkin
And the Klingons that orbit it.
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posted on
06/25/2018 10:58:49 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
To: BenLurkin
Is that shiny structure on top a weapon turret?
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posted on
06/25/2018 11:07:53 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: BenLurkin
“No FR space thread would be complete without Uranus.”
Gee... Thanks.
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posted on
06/25/2018 11:08:49 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: BenLurkin
A well trained geisha can give you a truly wonderful Japanese pro....
Oh, wait a minute. Never mind.
To: BenLurkin; All
Reet Neet - Thanks for posting !
The original Hayabusa mission ran into a host of potential mission ending failures and it prevailed in the end. Magnificent engineering !
And only in Japan do they write metal anthems to their space probes. Excellent summary of what went wrong starting at 3:25 but you can’t go wrong watching the whole thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i28iBZx-W_E
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posted on
06/26/2018 12:57:03 AM PDT
by
ADemocratNoMore
(The Fourth Estate is now the Fifth Column)
To: ADemocratNoMore
A lot of people don’t know the JAXA a few years back landed on an asteroid and came back to Earth with a sample of the asteroid landing in a remote area of the Australia outback.
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posted on
06/26/2018 1:35:43 AM PDT
by
poconopundit
(MAGA... Get the Spirit. Grow your community. Focus on your Life's Work. Empower the Young.)
To: BBell
Hopefully this is the gold asteroid that will make us all billionaires. Or maybe it contains a virtually inexhaustible supply of luckydaysium. That would enrich everybody w/o lowering its own value!
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:48:38 AM PDT
by
Migraine
To: BenLurkin
I hope it turns out to be a huge, solid gold, astronomical wonder.
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posted on
06/26/2018 2:50:36 AM PDT
by
jonrick46
(Cultural Marxism is the new cult of the Left.)
To: BeauBo
...the probe has only traveled about 1/10th of the distance to Uranus. You leave me out of this.
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posted on
06/26/2018 4:02:19 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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