Deep Space Marine Mammal
With the failure of shaft axis 2 of 3, Hayabusa landing on Itokawa became difficult.
*snore*
*snore*
During Japan's non-operational hours, the y-axis reaction wheel failed.
October 2nd, 23:08
However, light is always followed by darkness.
*ker-grind*
Yeah.
Minerva: Should we continue to observe?
You- you're wrong!
<big>Wah!</big> What is this, MV5!
Itokawa will gradually be solved.
...Sagami at work.
This is...
It's a rock, right!
Everything is going smoothly.
While Hayabusa was observing during the rendevous, she continued to send that data back to Earth.
Minerva: This isn't quite the potato you imagined.
Minerva: Yeah, you're right...
The CG we saw before and the images are different, right?
And so observation started immediately!
* Rendezvous Flight<p>By matching Itokawa's speed, she flies the same orbit as it.</p><p>At a point of 20 km above Itokawa's surface (Gate Position), Hayabusa maintaned a relative velocity of 0 km/hr.</p><p>In this case, it would seem like they were stuck to each other.</p>
* It's an otter!<p>Itokawas is actually slightly distorted, from which it came to be called "Otter" due to its shape. After that, the image was established that "Itokawa == Otter".</p><p>In this work, I worried about making Itokawa into a "Giant Otter", but .... from various other collections, it seemed like it had already been portrayed that way.</p><p>Furthermore, in the ISAS News, June 2006, the face of an otter was drawn on Itokawa in all of the articles of Hayabusa (303 times).</p>
* Will gradually be solved<p>By analyzing the incoming data. The details of the terrain were examined, and models of the gravity were made.</p>
* Light is always followed by darkness<p>To investigate in more detail, she soon descended to a point 7 km above the surface (Home Position).</p>
* 2 of the 3 axis shafts
As explained in the previous strip's commentary, even if 1 axis shaft broke down, the other 2 axis shafts would be able to cover for it.
However, rather than making impossible assumptions, there was no attempt to deal with the event of 2 axis shafts breaking down.
It had a huge impact. Landings on Itokawa would require more delicate attitude control than ever before.
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