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Japan test fires Venus probe engine

Technology Sep. 09, 2011 - 08:08AM JST ( 15 )

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some14someSep. 09, 2011 - 07:26AM JST

Now i understand why Noda and his team is eager to raise consumption tax.
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globalwatcherSep. 09, 2011 - 07:54AM JST

Wow, I am very impressed. This will lead Japan into a new era of aerospace industry.

Japan really needs to think about a change of Article 9 along with the aerospace R&D.
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The_TrueSep. 09, 2011 - 09:08AM JST

while people in Tohoku need help this people are wasting money to show off and into this fail mission, japan. when are they going to learn to stop?
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RamzelSep. 09, 2011 - 09:10AM JST

At at time when the country needs cash flow, no need to do extra curricular activities. Cut spending, focus on reconstruction and equalizing the yen. I don`t feel like paying more taxes for silly space missions...
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pamelotSep. 09, 2011 - 09:33AM JST

This technological thinking would be better served at present, on terra firma.
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ItsMeSep. 09, 2011 - 10:23AM JST

This is a highly needed move, and it is good to see Japan putting up some money for good causes. What critics of this just don't seem to understand, is that government is necessary to start up big initiatives such as space exploration, because no private company has the resources, or the ability to make such a long term plan... This will lead to innovation, inspiration and private businesses will get work from this also. ---and we do need to figure out how to get off this rock at some point to ensure our long-term continued existence!
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moomoochooSep. 09, 2011 - 10:29AM JST

While I agree that there are more pressing things ( like tracking contamination of the Japanese food supply). The money has already been spent on this project. They are simply trying to salvage that money. Regardless of their success, there is a lot of valuable information you can get from your mistakes and unlike Tohoku I think they will make good on what happened.
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cactusJackSep. 09, 2011 - 10:50AM JST

Humans like to study the planets and stars because they have not been "messed up" by the human race. The observable universe represents the closest thing to perfection.
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globalwatcherSep. 09, 2011 - 10:54AM JST

while people in Tohoku need help this people are wasting money to show off and into this fail mission, japan. when are they going to learn to stop?

The_true, You are absolutely right on. I truly appreciate your concern. These victims in Tohoku are priority #1. However, the long term investment has to be continued for Japan's survival. .
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It"S MESep. 09, 2011 - 10:58AM JST

Not sure how NOT firing the engine would have benefited anyone in Tohoku. Or should they fire the project team at Jaxa and hand their salaries over to Tohoku?

The probe is up there and can still be used (with a bit of luck) to achieve it's mission objective, the data of which will be used worldwide.

There are no wasted resources, etc used here.
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NeoJamalSep. 09, 2011 - 11:14AM JST

Fools, don't you all get it? The government is trying to carry the message to the Earth Mother, that although she could kill all of us with her random bouts of seismic hysteria, we can escape from her gravitational grasp and look for other planets to live..in the future.

Either that or is just a vain attempt to keep an independent space program despite the fact that we can't even build aeroplanes. NEXT!
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smithinjapanSep. 09, 2011 - 12:41PM JST

The_True (et. al.): "while people in Tohoku need help this people are wasting money to show off and into this fail mission, japan. when are they going to learn to stop?"

Guys, the 25 billion has ALREADY been spent on the project, and the only way to get any value is to do what they're doing with it now, and hopefully they can get the thing to enter orbit in the future. YES, there are plenty of more pressing things on THIS planet, but again, the money's already been spent and I'd rather they try and make something of it than simply forget about the satellite altogether. Now, if they launched the mission AFTER March 11th of this year it'd be another story.
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iceshoecreamSep. 09, 2011 - 12:41PM JST

Unlike what some people may think, Tohoku is not the only thing happening in Japan. One region in need does not necessarily mean that the rest of world has to stop.
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Hide SuzukiSep. 09, 2011 - 02:07PM JST

To all who are saying stop wasting money on this, we can never spend any money on anything else if you wait until all the domestic problems are solved. There will be always homless people, murders, rapes and all sorts of problems. We will have to take care of these problems but that doesn't mean we have to stop everything else. Stopping this project will not speed up recovery of Tohoku region, get real, seriously. Should the Japanese government stop issueing visas and passports until everyone in Tohoku gets back on their feet ?
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BessonovYanSep. 15, 2011 - 05:41AM JST

Respect!