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Students who participated in the student workshop of the 18th Planetary Congress of the Association of Space Explorers (October 16, 2003) Photo


Considering the present state of Japan's space program, I have two contradictory feelings: a sense of crisis and hope. We are now in the 21st century, and the world, including Japan, is being reshaped. Consequently, space development is faced with many significant and unprecedented problems. Through creative thinking, though, we can overcome this crisis and break ground on a new era of space development.

Today, we are neither over-optimistic nor pessimistic about the present situation. But to say the least, it is certain that space development will play a great role in the world of the future. With the support of various people, including members of various departments at JAXA, we have studied and put into practice many ideas. We will further expand our network, study harder, think more, and take more action.

We invite you to think about space development together with us.

Space Development Forum (Japanese Only)
http://www.sdfec.org/



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