Japan scraps J-1 rocket; plans shift to foreign components.
JAPAN WILL SCRAP its solid-fuel J-1 rocket in 2001 and shift to a new rocket that uses motors made either in the U.S. or Russia, the Science and Technology Agency said in Tokyo yesterday, citing the high cost of the all-Japanese vehicle. The National Space Development Agency (NASDA) was able to trim...
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