PD AeroSpace

PD Aerospace
Native name
 PDエアロスペース株式会社
Pī Dī Earosupēsu Kabushiki-gaisha
KK
Industry Space tourism
Founded 30 May 2007 (2007-05-30) in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Founder Shuji Ogawa
Headquarters Nagoya, Japan
Key people
 Shuji Ogawa (President)
Number of employees
 5
Website www.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] PDAS plans to launch an unmanned prototype in 2019 [6], perform manned testing by 2020, and start commercial flights in 2023.[7] H.I.S. and ANA own 10% and 7% of the company, respectively.[3][8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "Company Outline" (PDF). PD Aerospace. 2 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Japanese company aims to provide space travel by 2023". Mainichi Shinbun. 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Cooper, Chris (1 December 2016). "ANA Joins Efforts to Start Space Trips as Possible Virgin Rival". Bloomberg.
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