Takao Doi is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of one NASA space shuttle mission. Doi holds a doctorate from the University of Tokyo in aerospace engineering, and has studied and published in the fields of propulsion systems, and microgravity technology. He worked for the NASDA and on the Japanese manned space program while also conducting research in the United States at NASA's Lewis Research Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Wikipedia
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