SPACE UNIT GROUNDED
High shuttle recovery costs have prompted Japan's Space Activities Commission (SAC), the nation's highest-ranking space policy-setting body, to ground the Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The 5 X 2-meter (16.4 X 6.56-ft.) unmanned platform has been used only once. It was launched by an H-2 booster in March...
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