Space.com: "Dec. 2nd is critical date" for Japan's $88 million dollar Nozomi Mars mission
Space.com: "Dec. 2nd is critical date" for Japan's $88 million dollar Nozomi Mars mission:
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/nozomi_update_031121.html
This begs the question: will Japan rebound regarding Mars, abandon Mars while getting its domestic fiscal house in order, or merely surrender its Mars mission autonomy to some other country's, or region's space program?