JAXA, MHI Look To Halve Costs With H-X Space Launcher

TSUKUBA, Japan — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and prime contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) are aiming at halving costs with the H-X medium space launcher, which is due to enter service in 2020. Breaking with Japan’s former policy, MHI, not JAXA, will work out the concept...

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