Budget request for next year's budget related to space-related maximum of 540 billion yen on October 9, 18:22
It was announced that the government's budget request for the next fiscal year's space-related budget was over 540 billion yen, the largest ever due to the lunar exploration plan and the development of a new rocket.
The budget request for the next fiscal year for the entire space-related government is approximately including those related to security such as space development conducted by JAXA = Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, artificial satellites operated by the Cabinet Office, and information gathering satellites. It was 544 billion yen, about 1.5 times the 360 billion yen of the previous year, the largest ever.
Among them,
▽ The cost related to the international project "Artemis Program" in which Japan participates in exploring
the moon
is about 81 billion yen.
In order to do so, about 19.3 billion yen was included as a space development utilization promotion adjustment cost,
about 20.6 billion yen as a development cost of Japan's new main rocket H3,
and
▽ a private company will
provide
observation data of artificial satellites etc. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has requested more than 2.1 billion yen for environmental maintenance costs for use.
Makoto Nakasuka, Chairman of the Basic Policy Subcommittee of the Space Policy Committee, said, "It seems that the entry of the private sector will be active due to the large budget. I would like to show that space development will lead to the lives and happiness of the people." I was talking.