The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has issued a new report on the Galaxy Express (GX) rocket program, and the news once again is not good. The inaugural flight has slipped to 2011, five years later than originally envisioned, due to persistent technical problems with the vehicle’s second-stage engine. The projected cost to develop that engine has nearly tripled, to $292 million, which is more than half the original price tag assigned to the entire program.
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