Cost-cutting measures on HOPE development sought

Japan may try to cut the anticipated $2.9 billion cost of developing its planned HOPE unpiloted space shuttle by adapting the HOPE-X prototype for orbital operations instead of building a new vehicle. The Science&Technology Agency (STA) has launched a study to see whether the HOPE-X technology...

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