https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-tests-new-engine-for-new-rocket/ Mon, 04 May 2020 18:22:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-tests-new-engine-for-new-rocket/#comment-1080070 Mon, 04 May 2020 18:22:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=65487#comment-1080070 Sometimes the Japanese seem name-challenged. I’m looking at buying a new piano, and I’m choosing between two Yamaha models, the YUS5-SH2 and the N3X. (At least the N3X is part of a group named “Avant Grand.” That’s a little better.)

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-tests-new-engine-for-new-rocket/#comment-1080068 Mon, 04 May 2020 18:03:41 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=65487#comment-1080068 “This is Dai Nippon, home of the Kamikaze. We have no need of landing legs Who said anything about landing….”

]]> https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-tests-new-engine-for-new-rocket/#comment-1080064 Mon, 04 May 2020 16:26:09 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=65487#comment-1080064 I want them to slap a set of landing legs on what ever vehicle(s) the engines are fitted to regardless of what they name it. Throw away space hardware is not the way to go. I thought the Japanese would pick up on this quicker.
(SLS managers .. phone your office!)

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