Japan Origami Spacecraft
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Shinji Suzuki of Tokyo University`s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics checks a 7 centimeters (2.8 inches) long and 5 centimeters (2 inches) wide Space Shuttle-shaped paper plane after a wind tunnel durability test at a laboratory in Kashiwa near Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008. Japanese scientists and origami masters, headed by project leader Suzuki, are aiming to achieve what may seem a frivolous ambition