Japan Shuttles Forth, Even Without Hope
Despite ``freezing'' funding for its Hope-X mini-shuttle, Japan hasn't given up on unmanned vehicles for spaceflight. The National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) and National Space Development Agency (NASDA) are to begin a two-phase flight demonstration program in October. It will use vehicles that had...
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