{"id":165217,"date":"2024-08-23T12:02:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=165217&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-08-23T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T03:02:17","slug":"horie-discusses-kyushus-growing-space-business-at-kitakyushu-symposium","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/horie-discusses-kyushus-growing-space-business-at-kitakyushu-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Horie Discusses Kyushu\u2019s Growing Space Business at Kitakyushu Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a space business symposium in Kitakyushu, entrepreneur Takafumi Horie reflected on his 20-year journey in the space industry. He initially considered purchasing rockets from Russia, but advice from Elon Musk in 2005 led him to focus on developing rocket engines domestically. Horie emphasized the importance of Japan&#8217;s existing technical capabilities in space exploration. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/qsbc.jp\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Q-space Business Caravan Kitakyushu<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=13420885&#038;ymd=2024-08-22\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KBC<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165212\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165212\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_qspace-business-caravan-official-x_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1400%2C928&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Horie Discusses Kyushu\u2019s Growing Space Business at Kitakyushu Symposium\" width=\"1400\" height=\"928\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_qspace-business-caravan-official-x_2024_cl.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_qspace-business-caravan-official-x_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_qspace-business-caravan-official-x_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=1024%2C679&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/fnn_qspace-business-caravan-official-x_2024_cl.jpeg?resize=768%2C509&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-165212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from  Q-space Business Caravan Kitakyushu official X<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a space business symposium in Kitakyushu, entrepreneur Takafumi Horie reflected on his 20-year journey in the space industry. He initially considered purchasing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":165216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-165217","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-business","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/165217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/165216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}