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Update?

It seems like this page is due for updating, as it mentions events in 2009/2010 as "future" events, and leaves the reader unsure about outcomes.Cbihun (talk) 20:46, 21 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

mislead about satellites

i believe the [previous, pre-merger] space organization/apparatus in japan has had satellite-launch capabilities for several decades. the first paragraph of the wiki is pretty misleading in that it mentions that JAXA has 'already launched its first satellite.' which is just a bureacratic landmark, not a landmark in their space program. but it seems to imply that japan hasn't launched satellites into orbit before.

The article states:

Development of the M-5 rocket was lobbied for by right-wing politicians, because of its possible military applications. [1]

Is there a source for this? --219.110.187.45 16:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Usage of images from JAXA

Does everyone agree with me that the usage of JAXA images is okay considering the JAXA policy? JAXA permits the use of JAXA texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures and other materials if the purpose of the use is approved as for education, public relations, or information providing, or if the use is within the scope of relevant laws. In such cases, insertion of credits is required for used texts, drawings, imagery, sounds, pictures and other materials.--212.183.37.8 01:12, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I don't know. If you can suggest a valid category for use it would help. Why don't you check the Wikipedia categories for using images and see which one these images might fit? --DannyWilde 02:20, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

There is no category for JAXA images. There's one for NASA, and so far there are no images actually from JAXA anywhere on Wikipedia, just those that appear on NASA websites.--Planetary 01:41, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly, the usage of the JAXA images are not okay. Note: "Your use of the Materials for business or commercial purposes without the prior permission of the copyright holder (JAXA) is strictly prohibited." That doesn't qualify as a free license. Strictly speaking, JAXA images from the NASA websites aren't OK either, if JAXA holds the copyright to it. --朝彦 (Asahiko) 07:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I created a series of photographs, on October 24, 2012, at the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC) as part of Space Talk. Various space-related officals were there, such as Leland D. Melvin (US astronaut), Norishige Kanai (Japanese astronaut), and Midori Nishiura (JAXA Executive Advisor for Public Affairs and International Relations and Visiting Professor of Yamaguchi University).

I was requested to not use any photos of Norishige Kanai (Japanese astronaut), and Midori Nishiura (JAXA Executive Adviser for Public Affairs and International Relations and Visiting Professor of Yamaguchi University by JAXA through an official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. NASA said I could use any picture of Leland D. Melvin (US astronaut) that I wished to use. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:20, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Major Overhaul

This article needed some major cleanup, as it faced major flow and grammar issues. I hope that I have improved it. In, the process, I removed the controversies section, as the reference was broken. If someone wants to put that back in, that's fine, but don't do it by reverting, as you will remove my hard work on the rest of the article. The controversy over the m-5 rocket's alleged military uses is discussed in the m-5 article, however. Does it need to be in the JAXA article? Colby 07:49, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

False link

I removed a link to NeXT, as the wikipedia article with this title refers to a now defunct software company, and not the mission of the same name. I hope this is all right.

Failing GA

I have removed this article from the Good Article candidates page for the following reasons:

Lead is too short. See WP:LEAD.
This article is not nearly well enough sourced. It's only got 2 inline citations and four direct links (which should be converted). There are plenty of claims made in the article that should be sourced and aren't.
Certain portions of the article are not well written. Many sentences are short and/or fragmentary. (e.g. "Whole mission time is around 3 months." and "First launch, GCOM-W is scheduled for 2010 with the H-2A.")
The article is not well organized. It has very many short sections, which should either be expanded to give a more robust picture of each mission, or combined. (I recommend the former; it seems there is much more that could be said about this agency that is yet to be covered.)

Chubbles 07:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:JAXAlogo.png

Image:JAXAlogo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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BetacommandBot 02:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I vote to delete the JAXA logo. Geraldshields11 (talk) 00:27, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ToDo

It should mention about International Space Station, Japanese Experiment Module and H-II Transfer Vehicle. Currently they're only in photo caption or in template. --Fukumoto (talk) 13:16, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it so hard to find info on its budget

??? --Craigboy (talk) 01:45, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See http://www.jaxa.jp/about/disclosure/index_j.html --Fukumoto (talk) 14:06, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michibiki on H2A Rocket Latest Launch

see:

Little English media coverage, but verifiable as a launch that doesn't seem to appear in the article. Did I just not understand the names? -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 17:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 21:28, 1 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency → JAXA – Like NASA, JAXA is far more commonly known by its acronym. Per WP:ACRONYMTITLE, I think JAXA would be a better title for the article than spelling out the full name. W. D. Graham 15:40, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment In terms of search results:

Google news:

"Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency" - 429 hits [1]
JAXA - 4420 hits [2]

Google books:

"Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency" - 7630 hits [3]
JAXA - 65,400 hits [4].--Labattblueboy (talk) 16:43, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I also got about 2.5 million results for '"JAXA" space' versus 0.6 million for '"Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency"' in a regular search. --W. D. Graham 16:46, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support – JAXA is much better known. --Article editor (talk) 18:26, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support - I started this article and probably chose the name because the NASA article at the time was probably the long name. I see that the NASA article is now found at the short name. -- ke4roh (talk) 21:14, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral As shown in my search results above, JAXA is clearly the common name. However, I remained concern that users outside of the science community don't call the agency JAXA. I for one had never seen the acronym before today. In reviewing my search results, it pretty clear that it mostly science orientated sources instead of generalist sources. Further, I generally don't like acronyms but there is no way I could in good conscious oppose as the search results are clear.--Labattblueboy (talk) 03:42, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

日本の宇宙開発

It's likely that there's some good stuff in the Japan's space development article, but it's only roughly translated from the Japanese version. I suspect that that article should be deleted, or just become a base of links to the various articles, such as this one, here in the English wikipedia. Snori (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Where are the ground stations for interplanetary spacecraft communications

Where are the ground stations for interplanetary spacecraft communications ? Could say what sizes and frequencies too. - Rod57 (talk) 12:54, 4 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

American vs. British English

Should this, and other articles related to JAXA, use American or British English? --Soumya-8974 ^talk _contribs ^subpages 13:31, 30 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a reason to prefer one of them, so I would suggest the default "article creator decides/whatever is more common now". --mfb (talk) 14:35, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The horse is out of the barn; the article uses British English so this discussion is now moot. JustinTime55 (talk) 22:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

many of JAXA facilities use 'center', not 'centre'. So it's better to use American English for consistency of spelling. Ivan Humphrey (talk) 14:47, 26 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Soviet space program which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 17:04, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]