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jpgvm on June 8, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Japan's A-Bomb project

For those that can't be bothered:

"The success rate of 95% of the H-2A is on a par with 96.4 percent for the Atlas V of the United States and 94.9 percent for the European Ariane 5"

Gravityloss on June 8, 2014 [–]

H-2A is a liquid rocket that is very large, uses finicky cryogenic fuels and takes many days to prepare for launch.

The much smaller Japanese Mu series is a solid space launcher and provides a much better technology base for missiles. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28rocket%29

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