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Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th

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Joking aside (if that's possible on ElReg)

Hayabusa2 brings to mind the Grateful Dead's "what a long strange trip it's been."

The trip out seemed uneventful and the rovers worked as expected but then it took them a year to find an appropriate sample site on an asteroid only 1km in diameter.

One hopes the return will go back to being uneventful. Kudos to the boffins who designed and managed the mission and a pint in anticipation of it's successful completion.

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