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Aerospace Plane Technology:
Research and Development Efforts in Japan and Australia
GAO/NSIAD-92-5 October 1991

Contents
Executive Summary                                             2
Chapter 1  Introduction                                      10
Chapter 2  Japanese Space Policies and Aerospace Goals 
           and  Objectives                                   25
Chapter 3  Japanese Aerospace Vehicle Programs               31
Chapter 4  Development of Enabling Technologies              58
Chapter 5  U.S. and Japanese in Investment Aerospace 
           Vehicle Research and Technological Development 
           Efforts                                           89
Chapter 6  Japanese Aerospace Test Facilities and 
           Their Capabilities                                99
Chapter 7  International Cooperation                        106
Chapter 8  Aerospace Vehicle Research and Technological
           Development Efforts in Australia                 113
Chapter 9  Conclusions                                      129
Appendix I: Major Contributors to This Report
Glossary                                                    135
Related GAO Products                                        152