Japan's JAXA Is Paving The Way For Asteroid Mining | Answers With Joe

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Japan's JAXA is making headlines with a string of victories involving the smallest orbital rockets in the world, and asteroid landings and sample return missions. Let's talk about what these guys are doing.

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JAXA 2025 video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgs8G_EScz4

(kaguya Earthrise video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1KWtG66lEQ

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibo_(ISS_module)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akatsuki_(spacecraft)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKAROS

MASCOT animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H4aZX_8hMA

Hayabusa 2 animation
https://youtu.be/LFh_pe3O_xM

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/hayabusa2-samples-names.html

https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/3/16968756/japan-space-agency-jaxa-ss-520-teeny-tiny-rocket