Unbowed by Robot Loss, Japan's Asteroid Probe Readies For Touchdown
Leonard David writes in Space.com:
Despite a glitch in deploying a mini-robot onto asteroid Itokawa, Japanese space officials plan to proceed in a milestone-making touchdown on the space rock to obtain samples of the object for return to Earth.
The problems encountered Nov. 12 with the release by Japan’s Hayabusa space probe of its camera-toting robot highlight the difficulty of this kind of mission. The robot probe, called the MIcro/Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid (MINERVA), was lost upon release from the mother ship Hayabusa.
posted by Fergie @ 11/15/2005 12:53:00 PM
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