Japan's new space agency struggles to regroup

Posted by tourdemars to Nozomi at December 2, 2003 12:00 PM

Japan's Mars probe is in trouble. Its weather satellites are breaking down. And its latest attempt to put a pair of spy satellites into orbit ended last weekend in a $92 million fireball. While rival China is basking in the glory of its first manned space flight, Japan's new space agency is off to a decidedly inauspicious start.