DigitalBlast

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DigitalBlast
Company typebusiness consultation
Industryaerospace
FoundedDecember 2018 in Saitama, Saitama, Japan
FounderShingo Horiguchi
FateActive
Headquarters
Chiyoda, Tokyo
,
Japan
Productscentrifuges
Website digitalblast.co.jp

DigitalBlast is a Japanese aerospace consulting firm focusing on the space industry in general. [1] It provides guidance to firms seeking to enter the space sector, along with providing support for digital transformation. [2] [3] The company also manages SPACE Media, a news website focusing on private spaceflight. [4]

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Project NOAH

Project NOAH is a research and development project of DigitalBlast which aims to develop technologies that will realize a self-sustaining environment on the Moon, in anticipation of human habitats being built there in the near future. One goal of the project is to study the effects low-gravity has on plant production. The AMAZ research equipment will be the first step of this project. [5]

AMAZ

AMAZ is a research equipment under development by DigitalBlast that will use centrifugal forces to create artificial gravity equivalent to the lunar surface. [1] AMAZ will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) and will be used to conduct research on plant growth. Experiments to be conducted by AMAZ include a study on the growth of moss in different gravity environments by Toyama University, [6] and cultivating brewer's yeast in the gravity environment of the Moon and Mars [7] in cooperation with the University of Tokyo and Nara Institute of Science and Technology. [8]

In November 2022, DigitalBlast signed a contract with Axiom Space for placing AMAZ inside the ISS National Lab. [9] [10] Axiom Space will support AMAZ's safety review, along with providing a transport service to orbit and its retrieval. The agreement also left open the possibility of the AMAZ device later being placed inside the Axiom Orbital Segment, a privately operated space station that will be docked to the ISS. [9] The same month, it was announced that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was contracted to design AMAZ's flight model. [11]

In February 2023, DigitalBlast announced plans for a modified version of AMAZ dubbed 'AMAZ Alpha', which will be used for cell culturing. [12]

TAMAKI

TAMAKI is a research equipment that will be capable of supplying water to grow plants inside. [5] TAMAKI will be carried inside an uncrewed science satellite complete with a retrieval space capsule being developed by Elevation Space. As of August 2022, TAMAKI was planned to be launched in 2026. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shimazaki, Amane (November 20, 2022). "Firms work on growing food in space so humans can live on moon". The Asahi Shimbun . Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  2. ↑ "Our Business". DigitalBlast. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  3. ↑ Yoshida, Hiroshi (October 28, 2023). "宇宙の視点を入れた戦略でビジネスの可能性を拡大する　デジタルブラスト　堀口真吾". Keizaikai (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  4. ↑ "宇宙ビジネスを推進する株式会社デジタルブラストが、宇宙の知見、知識を体系的に広め、多くの方々の宇宙ビジネスへのニーズを喚起するためのメディア『SPACEMedia（スペースメディア）』をローンチ" (Press release) (in Japanese). DigitalBlast. September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "DigitalBlastが月面での生態循環維持システム構築に向けたプロジェクト「NOAH」を本格始動" (Press release) (in Japanese). DigitalBlast. May 17, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ "DigitalBlast、富山大学・唐原一郎教授、蒲池浩之准教授の研究グループと共同研究開始" (Press release) (in Japanese). DigitalBlast. July 13, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  7. ↑ "DigitalBlast、シクロと重力発生装置「AMAZ（アマツ）」の利用を含めた業務委託契約を締結" (Press release) (in Japanese). DigitalBlast. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  8. ↑ "DigitalBlast、東京大学・大矢禎一教授と奈良先端科学技術大学院大学・渡辺大輔准教授の研究グループ、シクロと共同研究開始" (Press release) (in Japanese). DigitalBlast. January 31, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  9. 1 2 "DigitalBlast, Inc. signed Service Contract with Axiom Space, Inc., a U.S. company, including the launch of compact life-science experimental device "AMAZ" planned in 2024" (Press release). DigitalBlast. November 1, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  10. ↑ "当社仲介によりAxiom Space, Inc.が、株式会社DigitalBlastと国際宇宙ステーションでの実証実験実施に関する業務委託契約を締結" (Press release) (in Japanese). Mitsui Bussan Aerospace. January 17, 2023. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "DigitalBlast、小型ライフサイエンス実験装置「AMAZ（アマツ）」のフライトモデル開発・製造に向け、三菱重工へ設計を委託　2024年のISS設置・運用を目指す宇宙実験装置の開発・製造をさらに加速" (Press release) (in Japanese). DigitalBlast. November 24, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ Haru, Kyusen (February 9, 2023). "DigitalBlast、ISSでの細胞実験を実現する小型実験装置の開発を開始". Mynavi news (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-07-19.
  13. ↑ "ElevationSpaceとDigitalBlast、低重力環境での植物栽培実験環境提供のため、小型宇宙利用・回収プラットフォームの利用に向けMOUを締結" (Press release) (in Japanese). Elevation Space. August 17, 2022. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
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