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		JKCalhoun on July 11, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's Hayabusa2 probe makes second touchdown on ... The engineers (and press?) look so excited in that photo. Wonderful to have something positive on a national level to root for. While I'm happy for the USA's women's soccer victory, I suppose I prefer to root for the technical triumphs more. ;-)

ThinkingGuy on July 11, 2019 [–]

One other thing to keep in mind: the fact the the spacecraft is still operational means that all those engineers will still have jobs tomorrow :)

takk309 on July 11, 2019 | [–]

That is a very good point that I had never though about. I wonder what sort of contingencies exist in the contracts for those engineers?

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