... global economy has expanded to make this prediction a reality. Soon the economies of China, India, Indonesia and Japan - plus the smaller countries of Singapore, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Thailand, etc - will outstrip those of the US and...
... been something that only less than a dozen or so powerful countries – the United States, Russia, China, India, Japan, France and several others – have been able to use. With the dissemination of high-resolution Earth observation...
..., known as Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout-2 (Mascot-2) is under study by DLR. Mascot-1 is already in flight, carried on Japan’s Hayabusa-2 mission, launched on 3 December 2014 to land on its target asteroid during 2018. In addition to the systems and...
... the inclination of the orbitwould enlarge the area of Earth covered to include the whole of China, the US and Japan, as well as most of Europe. China’s free-flying telescope could also be serviced by the ISS if needed. International Space...
... for cooperation The International Space Station orbiting at 400 km is a joint endeavour of the US, Russia, Canada, Japan and 10 European nations but with no Chinese or Indian participation. It was launched in 1998, originally to be decommissioned...
... and Future Launch Systems,” 29th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (conference paper), Nagoya-Aichi, Japan, 2013. 4“Northstar- The Versatile, Green and Safe Launch Service,” Nammo and Andoya Rocket Range (brochure...