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Infrastructure and Organization
Japan’s space programme has an extensive infrastructure of launch sites (e.g. Tanegashima, Uchinoura) and headquarter and control centres (e.g....
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Technology, Society and Economy
Although space science was the most visible part of the space programme, the 1970s saw it transformed into a wide-spectrum programme to benefit...
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Change of Direction
There was a significant change in direction in Japan’s space programme in 1998, the key moment being the firing of the Taepo Dong missile by the...
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Human Spaceflight
Human spaceflight inevitably became the most high-profile part of Japan’s space programme. Following an early American invitation to join the...
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Origins – The Legacy of Hideo Itokawa
The story of Japan’s space programme may be traced to aeronautical research in the early twentieth century. In 1944, Germany sent Japan its rocket...
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Future
Japan has a planning system in place for its rockets, satellites and missions into the 2030s. The first key priority is the introduction of a new...
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Deep Space
Hideo Itokawa’s successors adapted his solid-fuel rockets for a deep space programme of ever more adventurous projects. Japan was the third country...
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Space Science
Even without Itokawa, his colleagues implemented his vision of a programme of small satellites for space science, continuously upgrading its small,...
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Conclusion: Japan in Comparative Asian and Global Perspective
Japan was the fourth country into space, after the USSR, USA and France, but ahead of China, India and the two Korean states. Despite Japan’s early...
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Japan In Space Past, Present and Future
Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan’s space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago. Since then, its space...
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Jupitermonde und Fliegenbeine – Blick in neue Welten durch Fernrohr und Mikroskop
Ging es bei der Zentralperspektive um die AbbildungPerspektive von Gegenständen, die das Auge ohne Sehhilfen wahrnehmen konnte, wie zum Beispiel beim...
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Journalist Guidelines and Media Reporting in the Wake of #MeToo
This chapter uses guidelines produced by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) for the reporting of violence against women to analyse four articles...
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Keep Going – Thelma & Louise (US 1991)
Zwei Freundinnen fahren im Thunderbird zum Angeln. Als ein Mann versucht, Thelma (Geena Davis) zu vergewaltigen, erschießt Louise...
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Roosevelt’s Enduring Legacy: Frederick Trubee Davison
In a brief interview with the Hagedorns, Frederick Trubee Davison tells of the lasting legacy Theodore Roosevelt left for those fighting the Axis...
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Moderne Therapieformen der Adipositas
Erfolg und Verbreitung einer Methode zur Gewichtsreduktion werden in der Regel nicht durch wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse bestimmt. Die Vermarktung in...
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Settlement Communities
When Frederick Jackson Turner presented his theory about the closing of the western frontier signaled an end of American civilization’s economic...
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Der Sehnsucht nachspüren
Filme und Serien lösen in uns tiefe Sehnsüchte aus, z. B. die Sehnsucht geliebt und festgehalten zu werden, die Sehnsucht nach Weite, die Sehnsucht...
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Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Mutter – Das Piano (NZ, AU, F 1993)
Der Film handelt von der stummen Ada, die auf Geheiß ihres Vaters zusammen mit ihrer Tochter und ihrem Klavier in eine neuseeländische...
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On Competition in Music
In this chapter, Arditi shows how competition not only leads musicians to covet record contracts, but also how this competition reinforces the need...
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Government as Gardener: Cultivating the Environment for Private Sector Natural Disaster Response
Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of both the private sector and the intermediate institutions of civil society (houses of...