NASA Secretary “Visit Japan to Encourage Japan to Participate in Gateway Concept” September 25, 15:52

NASA = American National Aeronautics and Space Administration Secretary visiting Japan held a press conference on the 25th, and the new space station “Gateway” concept that goes around the US is going to encourage Japan ’s decision to participate ” And talked about the purpose of coming to Japan.

The United States has a new space station "gateway" concept that goes around the moon, and Japan is considering participation.

NASA Secretary Breidenstein, who has come to Japan for the first time since his inauguration, held a press conference on the 25th, saying, “The Japanese government has urged Japan to decide to participate. An astronaut will stay and work on the moon, but the cost is not cheap, so I want the Japanese government to understand that. "

In addition, AXA President Hiroshi Yamakawa, who joined the conference from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, where he stayed, said that JAXA ’s moon landing plan for unmanned spacecraft planned by AXA and the space agency between JAXA and India. NASA also announced that NASA will consider participating in an unmanned exploration program in Antarctica in the month of joint implementation.

Mr. Breidenstein expressed his expectation for Japan, “Japan has demonstrated its high capabilities in space exploration. I think it will continue to produce excellent results in the future.”