The challenge of Kanagawa University and the space rocket club to reach an altitude of 100 km! The challenges and struggles of the team with the second best record in Japan.

2024/07/28 16:55 (Updated 2025/04/04 15:10)
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神奈川大学・宇宙ロケット部の高度100kmへの挑戦!国内第2位の記録を持つチームの挑戦と苦悩

Dreaming of space and working on research and development

--What made you decide to join the Kanagawa University Space and Rocket Club?

SUZUKI: It all started when I entered a satellite and spacecraft modelling contest in high school. As I learnt more about satellites and space through model-making, I began to think that I wanted to learn about aerospace from now on.

I had always been interested in the aerospace field, especially rockets and aircraft engines, and I was looking for a laboratory where I could specialise. I had been determined to join the club since I was in high school.

Wada: I was first introduced to the Space Rocket Club by a friend. Until then, I had felt that ‘space’ was a distant and difficult existence, but when I saw them working on research and development with a dream of a wide space, I felt that I could be a part of it.

That's when I became interested in the genre of ‘space business’. As a third-year humanities student when I joined the club, I felt that I could not keep up with the space industry, where the hardware aspect is prominent, and in a way I felt that this was a challenge in the space business.

So I thought that I could boost the industry by developing a business on the ground using the keyword ‘space’ and communicating how interesting it is.

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