JAPANESE ROCKET
Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) is eyeing U.S. technology derived from the venerable Atlas booster as a way to upgrade its new solid-fuel J-1 rocket while cutting its cost. Due out in 2003, the J-1A would use either a LOX/kerosene first stage based on Lockheed Martin Atlas designs...
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