of only... Japanese coverage

[danny burstein]

[Bloomberg]

Japan Sends Self-Destruct Order to Scrap Next-Gen Rocket Launch

JAXA sent signal to abort rocket mission soon after liftoff
Rocket maker Mitsubishi Heavy shares drop on aborted mission

The inaugural launch of a next-generation Japanese rocket is being aborted
with a self-destruct command because the second-stage engine failed to
ignite, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said, dashing the
country's aspirations to challenge Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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rest, which includes some pictures:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-07/japan-scraps-next-generation-rocket-mission-sends-self-destruct?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

dannyb doesn't know how much "weight", so to speak,
Mitsubishi, umm, carries on the Tokyo Stock Exchange

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[Doug Elrod]

I don't know the details, but there was some sort of alert about the TOPIX.  I guess
its so broad-based that it can't but be affected by rockets blowing up.

-Doug Elrod (dr...@cornell.edu) ;-)

On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 09:28:18 PM EST, danny burstein <dan...@panix.com> wrote:

[Bloomberg]

Japan Sends Self-Destruct Order to Scrap Next-Gen Rocket Launch

(snip)

[Richard de Give]

Well, since you asked ....

Tokyo stocks up in morning on tourism hopes, Topix at 15-month high | Nippon.com

Back to you, Thalia

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