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PD Aerospace
Native name
PDエアロスペース株式会社
Pī Dī Earosupēsu Kabushiki-gaisha
Company typeKK
IndustrySpace tourism
Founded30 May 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05-30) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
FounderShuji Ogawa
Headquarters
Nagoya
,
Japan
Key people
Shuji Ogawa (President)
Number of employees
5
Websitewww.pdas.co.jp

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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Entrepreneurs see hope in the heavens". Nikkei Asian Review. 5 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Japan Looks Set to Dominate 'Newspace' in Asia; India, China in Play". Forbes. 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b Boyle, Alan (2 December 2016). "Japanese heavy-hitters invest lightly in PD Aerospace's space tourism effort". GeekWire.
  4. ^ Chandran, Nyshka (13 April 2017). "SpaceX doesn't scare Asia's space players". CNBC.
  5. ^ "Developing new Rocket Engine, Space Business". Protechnology Magazine. 27 October 2014.
  6. ^ Cooper, Chris (1 December 2016). "ANA Joins Efforts to Start Space Trips as Possible Virgin Rival". Bloomberg.
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