Failure to enter orbit due to insufficient fuel pressure

An English-language article in the December 11 Yomiuri Shimbun (further disseminated by the Associated Press) summarizes the news from the Akatsuki press briefing held at 11:00 December 10 JST (last night, my time). It’s succinct and clear so I’m reposting it here. If you go to the Yomiuri Shimbun site there is a good collection of links to other articles in English that summarize the previous developments. I’m afraid that this is mostly bad ….

URL: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00002821/

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