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Japan's space robot Hayabusa2 is getting ready to swoop down & take a second sample for the Ryugu asteroid. Good luck lil friend!

Mission control livecast on Thursday 17:30 Pacific (PDT):
Press conference Thursday 22:00 PDT:
I have an enormous crush on the Hayabusa2 robot. Here's my primer pre-first-landing: wired.co.uk/article/astero…

Last sample collection, it freaking SHOT THE ASTEROID. So badass. (vid downthread)
I also love that Elizabeth (author of The Planet Factory) give us the important backstory of the humans behind the mission. Like the control room fish mascot.
Whoops, timezone chaos! Under an hour until the livestream.

(thank you, @rise_galaxy)
Go go lil robot!
Asteroid sample return microfiction has me delighted, a tiny bit heartbroken, and a smidge guilty.

Thread up & down:
Up close & personal with an asteroid.

Signs are the sample collection was successful (although technically we won't know exactly how successful until the spacecraft returns to Earth.)
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Our world is big & scary, ranging from indifferent to hostile towards fragile, squishy humans.

We teach little kids gentle hands when petting bunnies & encourage kindness on the playground. But like curiosity, it’s easy to lose those traits as adults. Especially to ourselves.
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I’m white-passing from a benign country, went through the American education system with high marks in US history, & did excessive public service even as a teen.

And yet.
I have it so easy, yet it’s still scary.

I hsve the Best Case Scenario for American immigrants, and it’s still noticeably hostile.

If it’s scary & stressful for me, how much worse is it for anyone a smidge darker? With a stronger accent? With less cultural acclimatization?
If you’re in a position to have mentees, students, employees, or others where you’re in a position of authority:

Be gentle.
Check in.

It just keeps getting scarier. Even if you can’t do anything else, knowing your boss recognizes this shit is fucked up helps.
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While larger than a polar bear, this is unnervingly not THAT much larger than a polar bear.

Male polar bears are ~5ft tall (~10ft standing up on back legs) and up to 1,500lbs. But short-faced bears prowled grasslands instead of only Arctic.
If you were wondering, the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter is roughly the dimensions of an adult male polar bear.

I’m Canadian. Polar bears are absolutely a valid unit of measurement.
[Your height in cm]/300 standing polar bears tall, or [height in cm]/250 polar bears long.

[Your weight in kg]/500 the weight of an adult male polar bear.

Flip the factions to find out how many of you would be needed to build a bear.
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