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[theweaselking]

The flight of IKAROS has begun.

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[anivair.livejournal.com]

umm ... wow. I can't even wrap my brain around the fact that this just happened.

[opaqueplanet.livejournal.com]

so... sexy.

[spazcat101.livejournal.com]

I realize that IKAROS is an acronym, but I can't help wondering if the folks who named it were up on their Greek mythology...

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Yup. Flying in the sun is part of the point of the name.

[evcelt.livejournal.com]

http://240plan.ovh.net/~upngmmxw/imag/bd/bd_a.htm

[spazcat101.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. See, my first thoughts were "crash and die".

[kadath.livejournal.com]

Solar sails fly toward the primary for braking and away for acceleration.

Anyway, one of the reasons I'm taking Japanese is in the hope I can keep up with JAXA eventually.

[snakey.livejournal.com]

...yep, that name has BAD FUCKING IDEA written all over it. XD

[dglenn.livejournal.com]

I read that in an anthology of science fiction sports stories, years ago. I'm not sure the pacing works as well in comic-strip form, but it was still pretty cool to see an old fave remade in a new medium.

[jagash.livejournal.com]

I love living the the future.