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| Brian Gaff... |
 Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:25 am |
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So, the launch site in Japan cannot launch during the fishing season? Who
decided to put the launch site there.. some mistake with hindsight!
Brian
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| Jorge R. Frank... |
| Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:24 pm |
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André wrote:
[quote:eec3cfc125]Brian Gaff stelde de volgende uitleg voor :
So, the launch site in Japan cannot launch during the fishing season?
Who decided to put the launch site there.. some mistake with hindsight!
Brian
A.F.A.I.K. Tanegashima is situated in south of Japan. Because it is
closter to the equator, less fuel is required to obtain proper orbit.
ESA's launch site has the same advantage.
Regarding the fischeries??? I guess it is first come, first served?
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Launches require the range safety zone to be cleared (i.e. no fishing
boats). The fisherman's union in Japan is more powerful than the space
agency, so they are able to forbid launches during fishing season.
Simple as that. |
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| Brian Gaff... |
| Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:33 am |
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Sounds like they need to promote some fishermen into the astronaut corps
then...
Brian
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"Jorge R. Frank" <jrfrank at (no spam) ibm-pc.borg> wrote in message
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[quote:1a8a85327d]André wrote:
Brian Gaff stelde de volgende uitleg voor :
So, the launch site in Japan cannot launch during the fishing season?
Who decided to put the launch site there.. some mistake with hindsight!
Brian
A.F.A.I.K. Tanegashima is situated in south of Japan. Because it is
closter to the equator, less fuel is required to obtain proper orbit.
ESA's launch site has the same advantage.
Regarding the fischeries??? I guess it is first come, first served?
Launches require the range safety zone to be cleared (i.e. no fishing
boats). The fisherman's union in Japan is more powerful than the space
agency, so they are able to forbid launches during fishing season. Simple
as that.[/quote:1a8a85327d] |
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