So they saved the cost of paying Japan to launch one more HTV mission, and all it's going to cost is whatever this guy receives? It just seems out of character for NASA to leave things to chance like that.
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2024
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I assume JAXA ordered a fixed number of HTVs, those were built and then the construction line was closed down, probably before 2018. Just ordering another one was probably not possible.
That guy handled that muuuuch calmer than I would have
Same, I would be fuckin ecstatic if a piece of the ISS crashed into my house
I would demand a full guided tour of Kennedy Space Center for me and my family as compensation
The rod of god?
Hahah More like the ol Joe Dirt drop
Hurt de Dirt
His son almost got Donnie Darko'd
Pretty sure this was a Metalocalypse episode