"We've made some improvements so that won't happen again. This
is a pretty important test."
Source: Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) spokesman
Takaaki Akuto, speaking to the Associated Press in Tokyo Tuesday,
on the upcoming test of Japan's next-generation SST. It's designed
to carry 300 passengers at better than Mach 2 and, if all goes
well, could by flying by 2020. EADS and Airbus, makers of the
now-retired Concorde, are part of the project. After a three-year
hiatus, a prototype is set to fly in the next month or so.
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