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savuporo
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11/20/2009 06:57 pm »
Yoshifumi Inatani of ISAS has been the lead researcher doing the RVT testing, the current english web page is here:
http://ina-lab.isas.jaxa.jp/about/index_e.html
If anyone has any updates about the development, can you post them here please ?
I remember reading a google-translated Japanese article a a few months back about the possible full scale suborbital followup, i have lost the link unfortunately.
Videos of the most recent ( ? ) flights:
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The next tests ( RVT-10 through RVT-14 ) were apparently various ground tests of upgraded pumps and engines according to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusable_Vehicle_Testing
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12/18/2009 02:36 pm »
Engine development detailed
http://www.senkyo.co.jp/ists2008/pdf/2008-a-11.pdf
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Another post on Hyperbola having some ( fuzzy ) details on development plans
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2008/04/look-our-jeff-bezos-here-comes.html
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