Japan agrees to negotiate on building Station centrifuge

Japan has agreed to negotiate with the U.S. on a barter deal to build the centrifuge for the International Space Station in exchange for transportation to the Station aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle for the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and other Japanese hardware, U.S. and Japanese officials said...

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