Actual Space Mission Picks Sonic The Hedgehog As An Official Mascot

[May_Lily]

In June 2022, a rocket will launch carrying the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, a spacecraft made by the European Agency and Airbus, and it will carry the blessing of the mascot of Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog. This is due to one of the instruments onboard was developed by in Japan by Tohoku University. The university wanted Sonic to represent as the mascot for one of the mission’s principal tests, and they manage to get blessings from Sega to have Sonic represent this endeavor.

More information can be read here: https://kotaku.com/actual-space-mission-picks-sonic-the-hedgehog-as-an-off-1838720190

 

[BzzBzz]

> Space Mission Picks...
> developer wanted (read: forces) this choice

Yea, sure EU will pick some random bullshit from JP with their own choice...

 

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

I mean, there's a gene called Sonic Hedgehog so...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog