Yabusame: An arrow shooting metaphor for Hayabusa

Yoritomo time travels...

Chiyoda Onomoto: Yabusame

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Yoritomo: Is your “Hayabusa” a peregrine falcon?

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JAXA Scientist: It’s a metaphor. Hayabusa will pass Ryugu and then fire an arrow at it like samurai used to do in yabusame in your times

JAXA: Shooting an arrow,
galloping to safety

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Yoritomo: Is Ryugu a country?

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JAXA Scientist: It’s a small asteroid, a rock spinning in space.

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Yoritomo: And you will attack it? For what purpose?

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JAXA Scientist: For knowledge. Not to conquer. When the device detonates, the Hayabusa will have moved around to the safe side of the asteroid, away from debris fallout.

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Yoritomo: Aha. Like the samurai who galloped on by to safety.

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Voice-over

Nice use of metaphor using samurai skills to explain modern Japanese science and technology feats.

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