Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-27

get their way.
The engineers, headed by
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government to find developn
with orbital capabilities. Their
plan was outlined at q meeting
Of the American Association
for the Advancement Of
Science here yesterday.
Prof. Renechi Mazda of Kyo-
to University said the Itokawa
group hopes to build q multi
stage booster capable of put
ting about 100 pounds Of in
struments into a low earth or
bit. Now on the drawing board,
the booster is known by the
Greek letter Mu.
: Firings for Several Years
Japanese space scientists
have been probing the upper
atmosphere for several years,
u&ng q rocket designated Kap-
pa. Prof. Mazda said q larger
booster. called lambda has
been test-fired twice both times
unsuccessfully.
lambda win not be capable
Of placing a payload in orbit,
the Japanese scholar said.
That must wait for develop
ment Of Mu, which probably
would involve two or three
years work after q go-ahead Is
received.
For the present, at least,
official Japanese space plans
are limited to the DRIFTING Of
Nippon-made payloads on Am
erican boosters. The develop
ment Of Mu would 20 one step
beyond that, and would hang a
"Made-in-Japan" label on all
the hardware necessary to or
bit an instrument package.
Have Space Capability
American technical experts
attending this scientific meet
ing said there Is no doubt Of
Japan's capability to build a
space booster. BY the same tok-
en-, there Is no question about
her ability to finance q modest
space program. Development Of
a Mu-type rocket at this stage
Of space technology probably
would not cost more than a
few dozen millions of dollars.
The Japanese apparently
have no plans In the foresee-
able future to get into the man
in-space race. Although its eco
nomy is by far the richest and
most progressive in Asia, Japan
Is not regarded as being finan-
cially equal to such q task.
American scientists here said
they had heard something
about Japan's orbital ambi-
tons. and said they understood
prestige to be the motive.
DR.. Mazda said the Japanese
are now launching their high
altitude ionoSpheric rocket
from q peninsula on the south
ern island Of Kyushu, near a
village named Uchi-no-ura.
The rockets are fired in a
southeasterly direction out over
the Pacific.
DR.. Mazda and 10 other
Japanese scientists are taking
part in a two-day symposium
on Japanese science and tech
nology. The program is a fea-
ture of the science associations
annual meeting.
DR.. Alan T. Waterman, presi-
dent Of AAAS and former d.
rector of the National Science
Foundation, said the Japanese
science program was organized
so American scientists could
get a look at what is going on
in the leading chronological ma
ton Of Asia.
Based on Western Method
The Vice President of ia
pans Science Council, Tomizo
Yoshida, said Japan is rapidly
developing q technology of its
own, based on Western Scienti-
fic method but currently TAX
ing on a unique character. He
freely conceded Japan's origi-
nal dependence on Occidental
methods, but added, Nov the
Japanese people feel they have
the ability to adapt"
Yoshikazu Sawaragi, profess
soH Of mechanical engineering
atsKyoto University, said auto
nation Is rapidly taking over
in Japanese factories despite
the fact that "one Of the
strengths Of Japan to date has
been the cheapness and availa-
bility Of labor" Attenuation is
causing some displacement
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