[Hokkaido: The budding space business] Small and medium-sized enterprises are the driving force behind the manufacturing of launch pads and rockets

Small and medium-sized enterprises in Hokkaido are taking on the challenge of space-related manufacturing. They continue to steadily conduct research and development into rocket parts and launch site equipment. What they have in common is a frontier spirit that is not satisfied with existing businesses, but rather takes a step forward to create unknown technologies and products. "We are positioning 2025 as the 'first year of space,'" says Yamagu…