I know twitter is usually awful, but the JAXA #Hayabusa2 team have posted a thread of congratulations messages to the NASA #OSIRISREx team, and the support that different missions from different countries have for one another is why I'm in space science.
The enthusiasm at JAXA (and actually, everyone I've met at other agencies) to support all endeavours is a glimmer of hope in what can feel like pretty dark times.
@elizabethtasker Yes, JAXA is very enthusiastic. Too bad they are staying on the the former twitter site. I have noticed that nearly all of the folks here, at least that I see, are either from Europe or USA/Canada/Australia/NZ. Maybe I see a biased sample, but it seems people in other countries are not abandoning "X".
@EricFielding The problem is none of the big agencies have abandoned twitter. We'd probably follow if NASA or ESA etc moved to Mastodon, or a similar site. But... everyone seems to be stuck. It's super frustrating.
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