Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!sol!yamauchi From: yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Japan's Space Industry (was Re: Humanity's Launch Window) Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 17:56:21 GMT References: <197.27AE8D32@nss.FIDONET.ORG> <91037.075048GIPP@GECRDVM1.BITNET> Sender: news@cs.rochester.edu (Usenet news) Organization: University of Rochester Lines: 25 In-Reply-To: GIPP@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com's message of 6 Feb 91 11:50:48 GMT In article <91037.075048GIPP@GECRDVM1.BITNET> GIPP@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com writes: In article , yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu (Brian Yamauchi) says: >Japanese companies also seem to have more of a long-term vision with >regard to space development. I've heard that Shimizu has plans for an >orbital space station (for tourism), a lunar base, and a Mars base, >and that Ohbayashi has plans for a lunar mining complex. > >Whether these plans will be translated into reality is another issue, I"ve read lots of similar plans for american-based companies, but like you said, there's a world of difference between paper dreams/ studies and metal bending reality. True, but I'd still be interested in hearing about any large-scale plans for commercial space development that are being considered by American companies. I've already heard the plans for government-funded bases on the moon and Mars, as well as near-term commercial plans such as ET farms. -- _______________________________________________________________________________ Brian Yamauchi University of Rochester yamauchi@cs.rochester.edu Department of Computer Science _______________________________________________________________________________