Space Industry - Space Industry

Japanese: 宇宙工業 - うちゅうこうぎょう
Space Industry - Space Industry

…The aerospace industry originally developed as an aircraft industry, but as advances in aircraft technology led to the appearance of missiles, rockets, and space equipment, the term came to include all of these (however, in Japan, missiles and the like are usually not included). The aircraft industry refers primarily to the industry that manufactures aircraft bodies, engines, parts, equipment, related materials, raw materials, etc., while the space industry refers to the industry that produces equipment that utilizes the characteristics of outer space, such as rockets and artificial satellites. …

*Some of the terminology used in the "space industry" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…航空宇宙工業は本来航空機工業として発達してきたが,航空機技術の進歩によりミサイル,ロケット,宇宙機器が登場するに及び,それらを含めて航空宇宙工業と称されるようになった(ただし,日本では通常ミサイルなどは含めない)。航空機工業は,おもに航空機体,エンジン,部品,装備品,関連器材,原材料等を製造する産業のことをいい,宇宙工業(宇宙産業)はロケットや人工衛星など宇宙空間の特性を利用する機器を生産する工業を指す。…

※「宇宙工業」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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