Itokawa success

The Japs have made it to asteroid Itokawa. This is a grand project.

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18082

T.Rains:
The Japs...

"Japs" is a pejorative term that was used in WWII to express hatred for
the Japanese people. It is not widely used today except by racists.
Today these people are generally known as "the Japanese" or "the
Japanese people."

Please forgive my intrusion if you already knew this.

Davoud

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Davoud wrote:
T.Rains:

The Japs...


"Japs" is a pejorative term that was used in WWII to express hatred for
the Japanese people. It is not widely used today except by racists.
Today these people are generally known as "the Japanese" or "the
Japanese people."

Please forgive my intrusion if you already knew this.

I suppose if he already knew it, it was intended? Oh my.

The mission arrived at the asteroid Itokawa a while ago, and has
returned some initial closeup photos. This is a sample return mission,
and will eventually land grab some dust and rock, and return to earth,
something NASA hasn't been able to do.

lal_truckee wrote:
The mission arrived at the asteroid Itokawa a while ago, and has
returned some initial closeup photos. This is a sample return mission,
and will eventually land grab some dust and rock, and return to earth,
something NASA hasn't been able to do.

Since we're nitpicking, "hasn't attempted to do" would be more accurate.

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The mission arrived at the asteroid Itokawa a while ago, and has returned
some initial closeup photos. This is a sample return mission, and will
eventually land grab some dust and rock, and return to earth, something
NASA hasn't been able to do.

Obviously you didn't read my original post above.

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:54:40 GMT, lal_truckee
wrote:

The mission arrived at the asteroid Itokawa a while ago, and has
returned some initial closeup photos. This is a sample return mission,
and will eventually land grab some dust and rock, and return to earth,
something NASA hasn't been able to do.

Maybe because NASA hasn't tried? Your choice of words makes it sound as
if NASA had failed in this task.

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