The CG we saw before and the images are different, right?

It's an otter!

It's an otter!

Wah! What is this, MV5!

Wah! What is this, MV5!

You- you're wrong!

Yeah.

* Rendezvous Flight By matching Itokawa's speed, she flies the same orbit as it. At a point of 20 km above Itokawa's surface (Gate Position), Hayabusa maintaned a relative velocity of 0 km/hr. In this case, it would seem like they were stuck to each other.

* It's an otter! Itokawas is actually slightly distorted, from which it came to be called "Otter" due to its shape. After that, the image was established that "Itokawa == Otter". In this work, I worried about making Itokawa into a "Giant Otter", but .... from various other collections, it seemed like it had already been portrayed that way. Furthermore, in the ISAS News, June 2006, the face of an otter was drawn on Itokawa in all of the articles of Hayabusa (303 times).

* Will gradually be solved By analyzing the incoming data. The details of the terrain were examined, and models of the gravity were made.

* Light is always followed by darkness To investigate in more detail, she soon descended to a point 7 km above the surface (Home Position).

* 2 of the 3 axis shafts As explained in the previous strip's commentary, even if 1 axis shaft broke down, the other 2 axis shafts would be able to cover for it. However, rather than making impossible assumptions, there was no attempt to deal with the event of 2 axis shafts breaking down. It had a huge impact. Landings on Itokawa would require more delicate attitude control than ever before.