[Bloomberg]
Japan Sends Self-Destruct Order to Scrap Next-Gen Rocket Launch
JAXA sent signal to abort rocket mission soon after liftoff
Rocket maker Mitsubishi Heavy shares drop on aborted mission
The inaugural launch of a next-generation Japanese rocket is being aborted
with a self-destruct command because the second-stage engine failed to
ignite, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said, dashing the
country's aspirations to challenge Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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rest, which includes some pictures:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-07/japan-scraps-next-generation-rocket-mission-sends-self-destruct?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business
dannyb doesn't know how much "weight", so to speak,
Mitsubishi, umm, carries on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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