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Steins;Gate's White Fox Makes Anime Short for Space Satellite

posted on by Egan Loo
7-minute GPM/DPR short aimed at youths to spark interest in space

Steins;Gate, produced the short.

GPM/DPR stands for Global Precipitation Measurement/Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar — the satellites will observe rainfall and snowfall across virtually the entire world and probe for the mechanism behind Earth's precipitation cycle. Before March 2014, NASA and JAXA will launch the GPM project's core spacecraft on an H-II rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center. As planned, the onboard Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar will be able to make a precipitation map of the entire world in three hours.

The anime short was produced to send NASA (and all of the United States) to get the youth generation interested in space. JAXA has worked hand-in-hand with the anime industry before. Astronaut Rocket Girls.

Source: ITmedia

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