It would have been cool if they had named the spacecraft Urashima since they were going to Ryugu, but I guess it wouldn't make sense because in the story, the gift Urashima brings back from Ryugu ends up fucking him over. At least, that's how I understood it as a kid.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Looks like the inside of a vacuum cleaner bag. Is that hard rock or piles of dust? 🤨

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Is that hard rock or piles of dust? 🤨

Yes

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

No.

The surface of Ryugu is porous and contains no or very little dust.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is cool and all, and I am super stoked we can do this...but my brain keeps saying, yeah, so what, it's a big rock.

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