JAPANESE CONTRACTORS ARE STUDYING

JAPANESE CONTRACTORS ARE STUDYING the basic design of a first-stage turbopump for the new cryogenic H-2A commercial booster after discovering a second hairline crack. The crack caused the fifth test of the LE-7A first-stage motor to be stopped 3 sec. short of its nominal 350-sec. test run. To cut...

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