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Japan To Enter Space Race In A Fashion That Is
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 21, 2005 Japan hopes to become the third nation to produce a space suit, using its technology to design a slimmer outfit for the next US mission to the moon, an official said Wednesday. Japan will use its computer and fiber knowhow to design gear weighing 20 kilograms (44 pounds), down from the burdensome 120 kilograms (265 pounds) of the current US-made outfit, a space agency official said. Space suits, which are also made by Russia, must shield humans from massive change in temperature and protect them from nuisances such as meteoric stones. The agency aims to develop the new space outfit in time for the US manned mission to the Moon due in 2018, the first since 1972. A special team of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has launched a feasibility study due to be completed by March. "We believe that Japan has strong points in terms of technologies related to the development of space suits," the official said. "We also hope that the development of our own space suit will help us expand our own space activities," he said. Japan has boosted the budget of its space program but has seen a series of setbacks. Last month a spacecraft failed on its landmark mission to collect samples from an asteroid.
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NASA Refines Design For Crew Exploration Vehicle
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 12, 2006NASA's Constellation Program is making progress toward selecting a prime contractor to design, develop and build the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), America's first new human spacecraft in 30 years. |
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