- Produced by:
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
- Directed by:
- The Space Poem Chain Compiling Committee
- Chairperson:
- Haruo Saji (President, Suzuka Junior College)
- Committee members:
- Makoto Ooka (Poet), Tetsuya Muroyama (Executive Commentator, NHK), Hiroo Inokuchi (Advisor, JAXA), Yasunori Matogawa (Director, Space Education Center, JAXA)
- Secretary:
- Kitagawa Fram (Chairman, Art Front Gallery)
- General Supervisor:
- Ooka Makoto
- Translation:
- Janine Beichman (Professor, Daito Bunka University)
- Contributions:
- Chosen by the Editorial Supervisor and the Space Poem Chain Compiling Committee.
Main contributors: Naoko Yamazaki (astronaut), Shuntaro Tanikawa (poet), Kazuko Shiraishi (poet), Yukari Kojima (poet), Ryoko Shindo (poet), JunkoTakahashi (poet), Keiko Nakamura (Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall), etc. - Space Poem Chain:
- 1st poem:
- Astronaut Yamazaki will make a 5-line poem.
- 2nd poem:
- Mr. Tanikawa will make a 3-line poem responding to the 1st poem.
- 3rd poem:
- Mr. Ooka will make a 5-line poem responding to the 2nd poem.
- Symposium:
- The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd poems will be made public and applications will begin to be accepted on October 10, 2006.
- 4th poem and after:
- Public applications and contributions will be compiled and edited.
The completed Space Poem Chain will be recorded on DVD and stored in the Japanese Experimental Module Kibo (“Hope”) of the International Space Station. (Scheduled for December 2007).
- Web Design:
- 777Interactive
- Photo Supervisor:
- Dr. Jun-ichi WATANABE(Associate Professor, Director of Public Relations Center National Astronomical Observatory of Japan )
