Company:PD AeroSpace
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 New R&D center of PD Aerospace in Nagoya. | |
Native name | PDエアロスペース株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Pī Dī Earosupēsu Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Type | KK |
| Industry | Space tourism |
| Founded | 30 May 2007 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Founder | Shuji Ogawa |
| Headquarters | Nagoya , Japan |
Key people | Shuji Ogawa (President) |
Number of employees | 5 |
| Website | www |
PD Aerospace (Japanese: ＰＤエアロスペース株式会社 Hepburn: Pī Dī Earosupēsu Kabushiki-gaisha), often abbreviated PDAS, is a Japanese space tourism company based in Nagoya founded in 2007 by Shuji Ogawa.[1] The "PD" in the company's name stands for "pulse detonation".[2] PDAS is developing a suborbital spaceplane to carry two pilots and six passengers using a hybrid of jet and rocket power. Initial tickets are planned for ¥ 14,000,000 (about $125,000 USD as of April 2017) eventually lowering to ¥400,000 (about $3,600).[3][4]
PDAS plans to develop a hybrid engine that produces jet and rocket thrust, using pulse detonation jet and pulse combustion rocket modes.[5] To reduce the cost of development and keep the vehicle low-cost, PDAS plans to use commercially available hardware, instead of custom-designed parts.[1] H.I.S. and ANA own 10% and 7% of the company, respectively.[3][6]
See also
- Blue Origin
- Interstellar Technologies, a Japanese rocket startup
- Virgin Galactic
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Entrepreneurs see hope in the heavens". Nikkei Asian Review. 5 December 2015. http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Entrepreneurs-see-hope-in-the-heavens.
- ↑ "Japan Looks Set to Dominate 'Newspace' in Asia; India, China in Play". Forbes. 27 April 2016. https://www.forbes.com/sites/saadiampekkanen/2016/04/27/japan-looks-to-set-dominate-newspace-in-asia-india-china-in-play/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Boyle, Alan (2 December 2016). "Japanese heavy-hitters invest lightly in PD Aerospace's space tourism effort". GeekWire. http://www.geekwire.com/2016/japan-pd-aerospace-space-tourism/.
- ↑ Chandran, Nyshka (13 April 2017). "SpaceX doesn't scare Asia's space players". CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/asias-space-tourism-players-arent-scared-of-spacex.html.
- ↑ "Developing new Rocket Engine, Space Business". Protechnology Magazine. 27 October 2014. http://protechnology.jp/companies/development-and-production-of-prototype/pd-aerospace/.
- ↑ Cooper, Chris (1 December 2016). "ANA Joins Efforts to Start Space Trips as Possible Virgin Rival". Bloomberg News. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/ana-joins-efforts-to-start-space-trips-as-possible-virgin-rival.
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