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Moon Mission Member  
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 Japan making a smaller rocket Posted on: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:36 pmJAXA is going to replace its M-5 rocket with a smaller launcher capable of putting 500kg into LEO, more competition for Falcon 1 possibly.
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ ... 722b5.html It seems strange that JAXA is replacing M-5 that can loft 1.8 tons to a 250km orbit while ESA is developing VEGA which dos nearly the same job. _________________ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
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Space Walker  
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Posted on: Sun Jul 23, 2006 11:54 pm Cost?
In any case, I don't know if it will ever solve Japan's space industries inherent problems. (insular, government linked, high labor cost) |
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Posted on: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:39 am The H-5 cost of 7b yen ($60M US) for such a small launcher, I think Vega is expected to be about $18M US, seems pretty steep.
The new rocket is quoted as costing 2.5b yen ($21.4M US) which still seems to be pretty expensive though so I cant see it solving to many cost problems since it is still 3 times the cost of a Falcon 1 flight. _________________ A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. |
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Posted on: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:12 pm They need to focus on the R-7+ class H-2 B.
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