Hayabusa sets new distance and speed records

[Ixion]

Eat your hearts out Yamasakida (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10651811)

65 Mmph and 7Em . I think I got that right, it's all in the units. Anyway , it's a world record.

[Bald Eagle]

Eat your hearts out Yamasakida (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10651811)

65 Mmph and 7Em . I think I got that right, it's all in the units. Anyway , it's a world record.

We can get rocks closer to home ( bringing what scientists hope is a rock sample. )

[bogan]

holy shit, thats pretty hardout that it can go so far, have so many issues, and still make it back!

[Swoop]

Can this thread be merged with the other (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/124540-Wow!-Suzuki-first-in-space-(and-even-gets-back-to-earth)?highlight=Hayabusa) one?

[hayd3n]

Can this thread be merged with the other (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/124540-Wow!-Suzuki-first-in-space-(and-even-gets-back-to-earth)?highlight=Hayabusa) one?

im sure it could

[avgas]

So is that faster than the 98 model, its s'pose to have the most power ;)

Pretty cool find though. However I still eagerly awaits Japan's Robot Base on the moon (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.198190-Japanese-Robots-Building-Moon-Base)

[AllanB]

This bit from the article reads more like a Suzuki owner

"burning apart on re-entry in a spectacular fireball just after jettisoning the capsule"