Is "Itokawa" Japanese for "Space Turd"?

I was reading this space.com article about the Hayabusa space probe and noticed that the Itokawa asteroid looks an awful lot like a “floater”. Or is it just me?

Note that the “objective of the spacecraft is to sample the asteroid and then return those specimens back to Earth.” :eek:

That’s just God’s dick…

…but He has a hardon!

Ass-turoid.

huh huh…

well, itsa space probe innit ? :smiley:

Man, we spend billions on space probes to asteroids and the Japanese do it with a motorcycle…

(Itokawa was the father of the Japanes motorcy…er, rocket program.)

Of course! Why do you think those are called “pocket rockets”? :smiley: