Comments on: Australia finally okays Hayabusa-2 capsule return

By: sippin_bourbon

sippin_bourbon — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:52:22 +0000

Seems to me that launching a probe that is supposed to return a sample.. the return location shoulda been planned out before launch…

Maybe I am just over thinking it.

By: LocalFluff

LocalFluff — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:39:18 +0000

They okay:ed it only because the Japs threatened to otherwise land it there anyway, aiming it an an appropriate little head.

By: Mike Borgelt

Mike Borgelt — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:31:44 +0000

I’ve flown around Australia in a small aircraft. Most of it is only good for strip mining, storing radioactive waste and keeping the coasts apart. Oh, and landing space probes.

By: sippin_bourbon

sippin_bourbon — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 21:07:27 +0000

Isn’t this how Shawn of the Dead started?

By: David M. Cook

David M. Cook — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 18:06:52 +0000

Dateline: December, 2035. ”We now know the alien virus had its origin in the returned probe, coming down in Australia…“.

By: James Street

James Street — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:29:14 +0000

No worries. There’s only kangaroos there.

“‘There’s only kangaroos there!’: How the fall of the American station (Skylab in 1979) stirred up the Australian outback”
“In one of the newspapers, the words of a NASA employee were conveyed, which stated that the fall of the station in Australia is the lesser of evils, because only kangaroos live there.”
https://hybridtechcar.com/2018/04/05/theres-only-kangaroos-there-how-the-fall-of-the-american-station-stirred-up-the-australian-outback/