Japanese Asteroid Mission

[Eric Mc]

It's all happening in space exploration at the moment. The Japanese will be launching their Hayabusa 2 mission to an asteroid this evening (our time)

http://spaceflightnow.com/2014/12/02/hayabusa-2-la...

[Eric Mc]

The media has no interest in this genuinely exciting and positive stuff.

It is stuffed full of petty and inconsequential media grads who love gossip, title tattle and girly fights and have no interest in REAL events - unless those events are a disaster of some sort.

I am learning to ignore modern broadcast media and find out things for myself using the internet.

[Eric Mc]

In space, who needs legs?

[Eric Mc]

LordGrover said:

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Any recommended sources that aren't focussed on petty politics and inconsequential slebs?

PH?

I tend to look at the sites that specialise in the things I am interested in. I haven't given up on the news completely but I am more aware than ever that what we hear or see on the TV and radio - or read in the papers - has been selected by a bunch of people I have very little respect for and who I feel are of very poor intellect.

And who are scientifically and technically pretty illiterate. Sadly, because they don't know much about such things - they make the massive assumption that nobody "out there" knows or cares about such things either.

[Eric Mc]

Took off safely at 4.22 am this morning UK time.

[Eric Mc]

We look awfully small in that picture.

[Eric Mc]

The concept is difficult to grasp - a bit like relativity.