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日本の宇宙スタートアップ市場が開花 (Translated: Japan’s Space Starup Market Blooms)
Read more →: 日本の宇宙スタートアップ市場が開花 (Translated: Japan’s Space Starup Market Blooms)岡田光信氏がアストロスケールを2013年に設立したとき、日本には宇宙スタートアップはわずかしかありませんでした。しかし、持続可能な宇宙というビジョンを掲げたアストロスケールがこの数年で世界的な知名度を獲得するのと時を同じくして、日本の宇宙スタートアップ産業は成長を遂げ、今では40社を超えるベンチャー企業が存在しています。岡田氏によれば、日本では宇宙がかつてよりも身近な存在になっており、また日本政府が推進している政策により、国民と民間企業の宇宙産業への進出が奨励されていることが、宇宙スタートアップ産業の目覚ましい成長につながったといいます。 「日本のスタートアップ市場を見ると、ITやエネルギー、教育、バイオといった分野では明確なセグメントがありますが、宇宙というセグメントは存在しませんでした。しかし今や宇宙産業は日本のスタートアップ市場を支える大きな柱となっています。状況は大きく変わりました」岡田氏はそう語ります。 Explore the November 2020 Issue Check out more from this issue and find your next story…
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NASA’s new Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars where it will search for signs of ancient life
Read more →: NASA’s new Perseverance rover is halfway to Mars where it will search for signs of ancient lifeWhile so many of us have been staying close to home during the COVID-19 pandemic, NASA’s new Perseverance…
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Biden expected to extend US support for ISS, reconsider future of Space Launch System rocket
Read more →: Biden expected to extend US support for ISS, reconsider future of Space Launch System rocketWe learned earlier this week that Vice President Joe Biden, if elected U.S. President, plans to appoint the…
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Firefly announces new process to produce Alpha airframe in 14 days
Read more →: Firefly announces new process to produce Alpha airframe in 14 daysToday Firefly announced they will be switching the production of their rocket airframes to an automated fiber placement…
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SLS Program hit by Hurricane Zeta while working through Green Run issues
Read more →: SLS Program hit by Hurricane Zeta while working through Green Run issuesThe law of averages caught up to the New Orleans area and the two NASA facilities located nearby…
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China’s Mars probe completes third orbital correction
Read more →: China’s Mars probe completes third orbital correctionBEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) — China’s Mars probe Tianwen-1 conducted its third orbital correction Wednesday night, according to…
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Biden to appoint first female NASA administrator if elected, boost focus on climate change research
Read more →: Biden to appoint first female NASA administrator if elected, boost focus on climate change researchPolitico has published a new piece on what to expect for NASA from a Biden administration. The former…
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SpaceX Booster B1060 returns to port after third space flight [Gallery]
Read more →: SpaceX Booster B1060 returns to port after third space flight [Gallery]Tuesday, October 27, SpaceX’s automatous spaceport drone ship Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) returned to port carrying booster…
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Relativity Will Launch Lockheed Martin In-Orbit Refueling Demonstration for NASA
Read more →: Relativity Will Launch Lockheed Martin In-Orbit Refueling Demonstration for NASAOn Oct. 19, Relativity Space revealed that it will launch Lockheed Martin’s in-orbit refueling demonstration as part of…
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Watch Rocket Lab launch 15th Electron mission dubbed ‘In Focus’ with Canon and Planet satellites
Read more →: Watch Rocket Lab launch 15th Electron mission dubbed ‘In Focus’ with Canon and Planet satellitesLaunch day has arrived for Rocket Lab’s ‘In Focus’ mission to send Canon Electronics and Planet satellites to…
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Automating Robotics: CSA preparing for future with Canadarm2/Dextre
Read more →: Automating Robotics: CSA preparing for future with Canadarm2/DextreWhen Canadarm2 was first launched to ISS onboard Shuttle Endeavour on 19 April 2001 and installed three days…
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Eutelsat Holds Steady in Q1 Results, Prepares for Broadband Growth
Read more →: Eutelsat Holds Steady in Q1 Results, Prepares for Broadband GrowthEutelsat posted steady First Quarter (Q1) results on Thursday, with 315 million euros ($368 million) in revenue. Total…