Topic: Japanese life
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Scotland on Sunday
Japan is planning a major scale-back of its troubled space program by focusing on smaller satellites and relying more on other countries for launches....the current satellite program is too complex – and have linked its numerous failures to a combination of the long time needed to develop a satellite and an overly ambitious launch schedule...