In configuration 2, with the capsule inside the HTV, they don't seem to be worried about an escape tower, if they're planning on a later crewed version...
"Of these plans, JAXA is focusing mainly on plans two and three that can be converted into manned spacecraft. The space agency intends to make a final decision by the end of the current fiscal year and launch the first HTV-R sometime between 2016 and 2018." Japan's new fiscal year begins April 1.
Some cool images of the HTV-R, option 2 from last December:http://iss.jaxa.jp/library/photo/tag/HTV-RFrom what I have read, the JAXA Fiscal Year 2011 Budget released in January 2011 included 50 million yens (US$600k) for a preliminary study on the HTV-R.
The current HTV spacecraft's pressurized cargo section would be replaced by the recoverable capsule, which is made of an aluminium alloy. Development of the HTV-R begins next year, and the first flight is targeted for 2017, JAXA officials said."For HTV-R we are asking for funding for this coming year, and we are expecting next year to start development phase for HTV-R, and for the crewed capsule we are conducting some key technology research," Kuniaki Shiraki, JAXA’s executive director of human space systems and utilization mission directorate, told SPACE.com. "This year on these [manned] technologies we are spending $600,000."
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2009/01/pictures-jaxas-h-iib-launched.htmlanother jaxa manned vehicle plan.finally,jaxa goes for single capsule or soyuz style?Japan together with europe want their independence in manned spaceflight.
New information. Japan Wants Space Plane or Capsule by 2022http://www.space.com/18198-japan-plans-manned-capsule-space-plane.htmlQuote The current HTV spacecraft's pressurized cargo section would be replaced by the recoverable capsule, which is made of an aluminium alloy. Development of the HTV-R begins next year, and the first flight is targeted for 2017, JAXA officials said."For HTV-R we are asking for funding for this coming year, and we are expecting next year to start development phase for HTV-R, and for the crewed capsule we are conducting some key technology research," Kuniaki Shiraki, JAXA’s executive director of human space systems and utilization mission directorate, told SPACE.com. "This year on these [manned] technologies we are spending $600,000."
Where would it dock?
Quote from: manboy on 10/27/2012 03:01 pmWhere would it dock?Maybe JAXA is one of the entities that has been chatting with Mr. Bigelow.
Quote from: Fuji on 10/25/2012 07:04 amNew information. Japan Wants Space Plane or Capsule by 2022http://www.space.com/18198-japan-plans-manned-capsule-space-plane.htmlQuote The current HTV spacecraft's pressurized cargo section would be replaced by the recoverable capsule, which is made of an aluminium alloy. Development of the HTV-R begins next year, and the first flight is targeted for 2017, JAXA officials said."For HTV-R we are asking for funding for this coming year, and we are expecting next year to start development phase for HTV-R, and for the crewed capsule we are conducting some key technology research," Kuniaki Shiraki, JAXA’s executive director of human space systems and utilization mission directorate, told SPACE.com. "This year on these [manned] technologies we are spending $600,000."Where would it dock? And since JAXA only gets to send about one astronaut to the ISS per year than what's the point of building this?
Quote from: manboy on 10/27/2012 03:01 pmQuote from: Fuji on 10/25/2012 07:04 amNew information. Japan Wants Space Plane or Capsule by 2022http://www.space.com/18198-japan-plans-manned-capsule-space-plane.htmlQuote The current HTV spacecraft's pressurized cargo section would be replaced by the recoverable capsule, which is made of an aluminium alloy. Development of the HTV-R begins next year, and the first flight is targeted for 2017, JAXA officials said."For HTV-R we are asking for funding for this coming year, and we are expecting next year to start development phase for HTV-R, and for the crewed capsule we are conducting some key technology research," Kuniaki Shiraki, JAXA’s executive director of human space systems and utilization mission directorate, told SPACE.com. "This year on these [manned] technologies we are spending $600,000."Where would it dock? And since JAXA only gets to send about one astronaut to the ISS per year than what's the point of building this?National prestige in the un-official Asian space race.
