NASA eyes purchasing Japan's HTV spacecraft : Science & Nature : Features : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)
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In April, NASA started a project to assist U.S. companies' development of a spacecraft to succeed the space shuttle.
However, it is uncertain whether it will be possible for the successor vehicle to be developed in the two years left before the space shuttle is to be scrapped, prompting NASA to discuss buying foreign spacecraft.
The U.S. Congress has a psychological resistance to buying Russian spacecraft, and the ATV's transport capacity is smaller than that of the HTV. NASA, therefore, is considering ordering HTVs.
国内民間企業との関係やら、プログレス/ATVとHTVでは運べる荷物なり目的任務が違うことを無視してこう飛ばされたんじゃ、そら、NASAの中の人も面白くなかろうて。速攻でリリース(訳)を出すわけだ。読売の宇宙関連にしちゃ面白い記事だと思ってたら、いらん飛ばし記事のおかげで、関係者のメンツを潰さないように水面下で進めてきた商談がぽしゃるかもしれんわけかいな。
