Space Festival 2024 held!
"Space Festival 2024" will be held in Kushimoto, Wakayama on Saturday, November 30 and Sunday, December 1.
Place: Space Contact Hall Sora-Miru (former Koza Branch Office of Kushimoto Town Hall)
| Date and time | Event | Program |
|---|
Saturday, November 30
9:00–
Shibuki performance | SHIBUKI art | Make a space-art Shibuki piece! |
Saturday, November 30
10:30–
Water rocket building
13:30–
Water rocket launch | Water rocket building and launch experience | Instructor: Uchu Niisans
Build and launch a water rocket with the Uchu Niisans! |
Sunday, December 1
10:30– | How to make space food
A must for businesses! What new business can we learn from space food development? | Instructor: Takashi Nakazawa
From 1980 to 2022:
At the National Space Development Agency (NASDA)
/ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA),
worked on onboard electronic devices, astronaut training facilities,
and development of Japanese space food, among other things. |
- Sunday, December 1, 13:00– Rocket Symposium
| Event | Lecture |
|---|
| Keynote lecture | Speaker: Shigeki Kamigauchi
(Director, Japan Space Youth Club; JAXA visiting researcher; JAXA associate)
Also takes part in the panel discussion below! |
| Panel discussion | MC: Ruka Yamamoto (from Kushimoto, former AKB48 Team 8 Wakayama representative)
Panelist: Arisa Kuroda (space talent)
Panelist: students of Kushimoto Koza High School (planned)
Facilitator: Ken'ichi Niitsu (President and CEO, USP Japan Inc.) |
