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PD Aerospace (Japanese: ＰＤエアロスペース株式会社, Hepburn: Pī Dī Earosupēsu Kabushiki-gaisha), often abbreviated PDAS, is a Japanese space tourism company based in Nagoya founded in 2007 by Shuji Ogawa.[1] The "PD" in the company's name stands for "pulse detonation".[2] PDAS is developing a suborbital spaceplane to carry two pilots and six passengers using a hybrid of jet and rocket power. Initial tickets are planned for ¥ 14,000,000 (about $125,000 USD as of April 2017) eventually lowering to ¥400,000 (about $3,600).[3][4]
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 New R&D center of PD Aerospace in Nagoya. | |
Native name | PDエアロスペース株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Pī Dī Earosupēsu Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Company type | KK |
| Industry | Space tourism |
| Founded | 30 May 2007 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan |
| Founder | Shuji Ogawa |
| Headquarters | Nagoya , Japan |
Key people | Shuji Ogawa (President) |
Number of employees | 5 |
| Website | www |
PDAS plans to develop a hybrid engine that produces jet and rocket thrust, using pulse detonation jet and pulse combustion rocket modes.[5] To reduce the cost of development and keep the vehicle low-cost, PDAS plans to use commercially available hardware, instead of custom-designed parts.[1] H.I.S. and ANA own 10% and 7% of the company, respectively.[3][6]
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