What Happens When You Shoot An Asteroid With An 'Anti-Tank Weapon'

Hayabusa may have left Ryugu, but the science continues to be revealed as the data is analysed, of interest today is the results of the impactor experiment which finally published the images of the explosion and crater formation from the deployable camera. The impact of the 2kg projectile blew a wide hole in the space rock, throwing tons of regolith into space

The results of the experiment were published in Science in March 2020

More general information on JAXA's Hayabusa 2 Webside

[ParameterGrenze]

It fascinates me how many single independent objects this mission consists of: The main probe, 3 (!) Rovers, MASCOT, the impactor, a deployable camera to film it, multiple target markes. This is not a space probe, this is an invasion fleet! Did I forget anything ?

[sprinkhole]

"What Happens When You Shoot An Asteroid With An 'Anti-Tank Weapon'"?
The answer is real simple... there will be no more tanks on the asteroid.

[Jay-lnco]

"Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!"

[DSlyde]

Of course the GTFO maneuver stands for the Get To (the) Farside (of the) Object maneuver.
Nothing else

[nelly]

"Now we know when you hit it how big the hole it makes" - Human Science

[sawspitfire]

These images impress me every single time I see them. That's an actual photo of a deep space object, in such incredible detail and resolution. You really get a sense of what it would be like to stand there and look out from the surface of an asteroid. Humans are so clever when we're not trying to kill each other

[MoonWeasel]

OSIRIS-REx: “We need to redesign our mission so we don’t knick a boulder”
Hayabusa II: “I’m gonna shoot this thing with a bullet at point blank range and get sand blasted by debris”

[stocchinet]

Hayabusa: "so anyway i started blasting"

[Luna_LU]

USA: "How are we going to study this giant rock in space?"
Japan: "Let's shoot it"

USA: "Sometimes I see myself on you..."

[GeorgeMonet]

Asteroid: "Damned space mosquitoes!"

[Mechagears]

“GTFO Manuever”

or as i like to call it, The *”Cool Spacecrafts dont look at explosions manuever”* Manuever

[spkbisw]

Aliens in the future:


"hey whats this square copper thing?"

[Noone-jnjp]

They would have lost their minds if that giant space rock broke into pieces like the game!😂😂

[heyarno]

Onigiri doesn't translate to large rock.
I guess, whoever named it, was hungry ;D

[stupidystu]

“We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.” Douglas Adams RIP

[free_spirit]

Hayabusa 2, the probe that keeps on giving

[blahblahbleh__]

"How was your day at work?" " - "Ah it was okay, got my presentation finished for the meeting tomorrow, how about you?" - "Ah, it was good yeah, shot an asteroid in space, no big deal"

[MysterDaftGame]

Hayabusa really is one of the most insane space mission currently

[manuellorenzo]

5:54 Scott, none of those words translate into the english name. In fact the large boulder was named Onigiri boulder because it looks like an onigiri (a rice ball). The other two seem like family names, but I'm not really sure.

[tspoon]

Galactic News Network: And in other news for the day, the fledgling humans reached an asteroid with probes today. They then proceded to shoot it with an anti-tank weapon.
Aliens: What is wrong with them