Japan: Rising Sun in a cloudy sky

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Japan is contributing a major research module to the International Space Station (ISS), called Kibo, which is scheduled to be launched aboard a space shuttle in 2007. Although Japan has announced new plans to increase its independence in the area of piloted spacecraft, it would experience difficulties, both with spacecraft in orbit and their main vehicle for getting them there, the H-IIA rocket.

Japan, Strategy & planning, Government domestic functions, Space shuttles, Company business planning, Space shuttle launching, Space policy

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The engineering of dreams: the future of commercial space

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Aviation started out as a government-backed industry with many air crafts being used to carry weapons and aid in military uses. The shift into the commercial sector came slowly and presented is analysis on whether space crafts will see the same transition in time to come and what its impact will be on the commercial transportation industries.

Forecasts and trends, Transportation industry

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Battlestar Galactica lives!

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This article explores why the U.S. military rejects better, faster and less expensive spacecraft.

Product information, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States. Department of Defense

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