No Dirt Today from Itokawa

[beamjockey]

Hayabusa aborted its planned "landing" on asteroid Itokawa. I hope there will be another opportunity to get a surface sample and drop the bouncing Minerva probe.

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Re: hayabusa

[beamjockey.livejournal.com]

wonder if it is a coincidence that the space probe shares its name with a Suzuki 170mph motorcycle...

"Hayabusa" means "Dove." I would tend to doubt it, but I guess it's not impossible that someone was thinking of the motorcycle when the spacecraft was named.