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JKCalhoun
The engineers (and press?) look so excited in that photo. Wonderful to have something positive on a national level to root for. While I'm happy for the USA's women's soccer victory, I suppose I prefer to root for the technical triumphs more. ;-)
ThinkingGuy
One other thing to keep in mind: the fact the the spacecraft is still operational means that all those engineers will still have jobs tomorrow :)
takk309
That is a very good point that I had never though about. I wonder what sort of contingencies exist in the contracts for those engineers?
m3at
Only tangentially related but I'd like to share it as space nerds (like me) may love it:

https://mainenginecutoff.com/blog/2019/05/downlink

This is a small mac app getting real time satellite images, and using it as your wallpaper. One of the source is Jaxa's Himawari-8, hence the link.

Also, the podcasts from Anthony Colangelo (same page) are pretty good to keep up with the space industry

peach
This is really cool. Thanks for creating it and sharing it. Already installed :)
ziotom78
Congratulations to JAXA for this big achievement!
[dead] tosca
Who really believes this?
StorytellerCZ
Amazing! Looking forward to what they will find out once they start drilling.
buboard
I wonder what it would take to attach a booster to an asteroid and bring it in earth orbit
dasKrokodil
What could possibly go wrong?
chmod775
Using asteroids/rocks as kinetic weapons is one of my favorite hard sci-fi tropes.
buboard
it would burn in the atmosphere?
sidcool
Big achievement. Mind bogglingly complex mission.
hex12648430
I'm glad this mission seems to go way better than the previous one.
[dead] olah_1
How did they manage this with such little diversity among the crew?
gmanley
Nearly 98% of Japan's population is ethnically Japanese. There are multiple reasons for this but a big one is how long the country maintained isolation up until recently, historically. I don't know to answer your question, people are people, but hopefully that gives you context.