Venus probe fails to enter orbit

[Grumpy Old Man]

Tokyo - A Japanese probe sent on a two-year mission to Venus failed to enter orbit and may have flown past the planet, space agency officials said on Wednesday.

http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Venus-probe-fails-to-enter-orbit-20101208

Recalculating...

 

[wrathex]

Sad, a six year wait before Venus can grab the probe again. - ag shamepies, what a disappointment.

 

[ponder]

Somewhere in Nippon there is a engineer/scientist busy committing Harakiri or leaping off a tall building or in front of a train...

 

[copacetic]

Damn.

 

[Geriatrix]

Whoops.

 

[Knyro]

Somewhere in Nippon there is a engineer/scientist busy committing Harakiri or leaping off a tall building or in front of a train...

Or leaping off a tall building so that he'll land in front of a speeding train while committing hara kiri in mid-air