Japan aerospace exploration agency

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Synopsis: Space: Space generale: Space institutions: Japan aerospace exploration agency:

In Asia, Japan aerospace exploration agency (Jaxa) is also working on a hypersonic airliner called Hytex intended to cross the Pacific ocean in two hours at speeds of Mach 5. Both Lapcat-II

and Jaxa are part of a hypersonic knowledge-transfer project between Europe and Japan called Hikari.

says Hideyuki Taguchi, leader of Jaxa hypersonic airplane research. Hunger for hydrogenbut, deriving hydrogen efficiently is one main factor for high operating costs.

The Jaxa project has studied the potential market for hypersonic airliners travelling at Mach 5 and found a 100-passenger aircraft flying two round trips per day is realistic based on market research.

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