Hardware

The Earth Simulator, which was developed, as a national project, by three governmental agencies, the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)*1, the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), and Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)*2. The ES is housed in the Earth Simulator Building (approx; 50m x 65m x 17m). The fabrication and installation of the ES at the Earth Simulator Center of JAMSTEC was completed at the end of February in 2002.

*1 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
*2 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

Interior Architecture		Interior Architecture

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