Space Poem Chain

Outline

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 (gHopeh) of the International Space Station. (Scheduled for December 2007).

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Photo Supervisor:
Dr. Jun-ichi WATANABE(Associate Professor, Director of Public Relations Center National Astronomical Observatory of Japan )







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