BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Japan's space freighter in orbit

First I mention the Chinese are helping the Saudis build a high speed train system, and now the Japanese have a freaking space ship.

It's no Millennium Falcon but the H-II Transfer Vehicle is a damn cool look at the future of space travel. One that we apparently aren't going to be a part of as NASA's budget for manned missions was recently slashed.

Pity. Cocky American pilots was the only thing that was going to make space travel cool.