The Japanese and Indian Space Programmes: Two Roads Into Space

The development of the space industry in the Asian and Pacific Rim region provides the context for this book. The two major countries hoping for leadership in the area (apart from China) are Japan and India, both of whom have significant launcher capabilities.There is a general introductory chapter which places the space programmes of the region in the comparative context of the other space-faring nations of the world. The author reviews the main space programmes of Japan and India in turn, concentrating on their origins, the development of launcher and space facilities, scientific and engineering programmes, and future prospects.The book concludes with a chapter comparing how similarly/differently Japan and India are developing their space programmes, how they are likely to proceed in the future, and what impact the programmes have had in their own region and what they have contributed so far to global space research.

List of Photographs, Tables, Figures and Maps
Author%u2019s Introduction

Part I : Japan
Chapter 1 : Origins
Chapter 2 : The Making of a Space Programme
Chapter 3 : Scientific Programmes
Chapter 4 : Advances in Technology, Engineering and Applications
Chapter 5 : Japanese in Space
Chapter 6 : Japan's Space Infrastructure
Chapter 7 : Future Prospects

Part II : India
Chapter 8 : Origins
Chapter 9 : Space Technology for Development
Chapter 10 : New Launchers
Chapter 11 : Indian Space Facilities
Chapter 12 : Future Prospects
Chapter 13 : Two Roads into Space

Annexes
1 : Japanese Launches
2 : Japanese Payloads Launched by Other Countries
3 : India's Launches
4 : Indian Launches by Other Countries

Bibliography
References
Index