Transcendental Bloviation

Politics, Space, Japan

Sunday, January 02, 2005

Earth to JAXA: did you go off your meds?

As a sometime Japanese-English translator, I'm no stranger to meanings getting lost in translation. Sometimes they get lost in space, too, I guess. Or so I gather from this report, with its deceptively cheery headline, "HAYABUSA's ion engines achieve 20,000 hours of Space Operation".
... The telemetry bit rate is also gradually falling, so that the operation team feels helpless.

HAYABUSA spacecraft, which is executing the maneuver operation diligently and automatically in the lonely deep space, is sturdy and dependable rather than us.

Doesn't sound like the champage corks are a poppin'. C'mon, guys, it's the new year! Genki o dashite!

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