Microgravity meeting in Tokyo

Campus Innovation Center in Tokyo, Tamachi, Tokyo
Tokyo Institute of Technology
March 25, 2009

In this meeting, international partnership programs designed with “International Space Station Commercialization” and “Promotion Related with Space Exploration” has been discussed in order to develop unique and effective long-term internship initiatives.

International Space Station Commercialization Programs

• Space-DRUMS as the ISS Commercial Hardware
  Jacques Yves Guigne (Guigne International Ltd) jguigne@nl.rogers.com
• SHS Technology for Space Environment Utilization
  Alexander Sytschev (ISMAN, RAS) http://www.ism.ac.ru/ http://www.ism.ac.ru/news/space_exp_2005_10_19/indexe.htm
• Space-related Internship Program Design
  Anna Gubarevich (Dept. Innovative Eng. Mater.)

Promotion Programs Related with Space Exploration

• Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES)
  Frank Schowengerdt (Space Partnership, Co.) http://pisces.uhh.hawaii.edu/
• PARAGON SDC Activities in Space Exploration
  Christie Iacomini (Paragon Space Develop. Co.) http://www.ParagonSDC.com/
• Long-term Internship Program at PARAGON SDC
  Maki Niihori (Ochanomizu University)