BENEFICIAL: Work is to begin next year on a project that will enable Taiwan to test domestically produced components for the space industry, Wu Jong-shinn saidBy Yang Yuan-ting and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Researchers from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University’s Advanced Rocket Research Center (ARRC) yesterday successfully tested the second-stage propulsion system of a domestically designed rocket.
Minister of Science and Technology Wu Cheng-chung (吳政忠) lauded the test of the HTTP-3A sounding rocket’s propulsion system, saying it demonstrated the integration of industry and academia in Taiwan at a time when the global space industry is developing.
The test, which was originally scheduled for May 3, began at 6:12am yesterday, with the rocket launching from Syuhai Village (旭海) in Pingtung County’s Mudan Township (牡丹).
According to the initial flight plan, the 4.8m, 365kg rocket was
GREAT PROGRESS: The HTTP-3A is the first hybrid rocket in the world to have guidance and control technology a major technological breakthrough, the ARRC director saidBy Wu Po-hsuan, Tsai Chang-sheng and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
<strong>Correcting history</strong>
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Xuhai-Guanyinbi Nature Reserve (旭海觀音鼻自然保留區) in Pingtung County. It is the only stretch of coastline in Taiwan without a public road and functions as an area for ecological conservation, cultural preservation and the development of local tourism. In the past few years, the trail that connects Syuhai Village (旭海) with Anshuo Village (安朔) has evolved into a popular walking and tourism route, called the Alangyi Historic Trail (阿塱壹古道).
Access to the nature reserve is strictly controlled. At the beginning of last month, I attended a Pingtung County Government lottery for