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Spaceports and new industrialized areas in the Pacific Basin |
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| Authors: | Tatsuo Yamanaka Makoto Nagatomo |
| Institution: | a Tatsuo Yamanaka is Director of the Space Technology Research Group at the National Aerospace Laboratory, 7-44-1 Jindaizi Higash Machi Chofu, Tokyo 182, Japan b Makoto Nagatomo is Professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 6-1 Kimaba, 4-Chome, Meguro Ku, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Abstract: | This article analyses the rapid economic advancement of the Pacific Basin area, and discusses its future potential. Common efforts in space utilization can integrate the area, and overcome the wide diversity of political, economic and social structures. Aspects of communications, space remote sensing and space-based materials processing are examined and forecasts are made for the future role of the Pacific Basin in these areas. A populated Orbital Space City will be necessary to further space utilization. To support future activities in space, a Pacific Spaceport and a Pacific Space Centre are proposed, which would lead to the development of several ‘New Industrialized Areas’ in the age of the Solar Power Satellite. Estimates are made of the amount of electricity which will be required. |
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