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Topic: Japan In Space: Past, Present and Future (Harvey)
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cspg Member Posts: 6356 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-13-2023 10:36 AM
Japan In Space: Past, Present and Future by Brian Harvey Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan's space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago. Since then, its space probes have travelled to the Moon, Venus, the asteroids and a comet. The country launched weather satellites to warn of typhoons, communications satellites to connect the Japanese archipelago and remote sensing satellites to watch the Earth and warn of climate change. Engineering and technology satellites became the basis of Japan's electronic industry. Japanese astronauts flew into space to work on their Kibo module on the International Space Station. Now, Japan is one of Asia's leading space powers, alongside China and India, vying for influence in the region. Its solid and liquid-fuelled rockets are estimated to be among the most advanced and reliable in the world, its technology among the best. This book examines the history of its space program, its current state of development and future. It describes its extensive infrastructure of its picturesque oceanside launch sites, training centers, testing facilities and tracking stations. It outlines the politics of space in Japan, financial difficulties, its space industry, the symbiotic relationship with the United States and the recent sharp change of course to invest in military satellites. There is the role of influential personalities, such as Hideo Shima and Shinichi Nakasuka and political leaders such as Yasuhiro Nakasone and Takeo Kawamura. The future may expect to see Japanese probes and instruments to Mercury, the moons of Mars and Jupiter, while the first Japanese astronauts will set foot on our Moon and drive cabin-size rovers across its surface. - Paperback, 300 pages
- Springer (Nov. 22, 2023)
- ISBN-10: 3031455711
- ISBN-13: 978-3031455711
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Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 09-13-2023 12:14 PM
Sounds excellent. Pre-order available on Amazon UK. I've put mine in... |
Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 09-15-2023 08:02 AM
New estimated release date in UK is 30th November 2023. |
Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 09-19-2023 07:19 AM
Release date revised back again. Now estimated as 5th December. |
Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 10-06-2023 07:37 AM
Once more the publication date has been moved backwards. It's now estimated to be 19th December. Hardly the best date to be trying to get a book delivered.... |
Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 11-18-2023 10:30 AM
Not only has the delivery date been moved backwards once again, but there is now no new delivery date... Just a void of "we'll email when we know something if we ever do."What a vast disappointment. |
Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 11-29-2023 05:17 AM
Now available. Not through Amazon yet, but it can be had direct through Springer Nature.A first brief flick through tells me it is a very informative book, readable, fact-full and well compiled. It is however a little light on the early sounding rockets for my taste, I would have liked that section to be in greater depth. The proof reading is a little sloppy with quite a few words duplicated within sentences making for some awkward English. And there are also a few wrong dates ascribed (for example, the first Lambda-4S launch date of 16th as opposed to 26th of September 1966). But all in all a very good addition to my space library. |
jjknap Member Posts: 301 From: Bourbonnais, IL USA Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 11-29-2023 12:34 PM
Does it include several illustrations? |
Axman Member Posts: 264 From: Derbyshire UK Registered: Mar 2023
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posted 11-29-2023 12:43 PM
Illustrated throughout, although they are not especially revealing, and a lot are photographs of people involved within the narrative. |
jjknap Member Posts: 301 From: Bourbonnais, IL USA Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 11-29-2023 08:36 PM
Thanks! |