Satoshi Furukawa

Japanese astronaut

Satoshi Furukawa is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Satoshi Furukawa as Japanese astronaut.

Satoshi Furukawa was born at Yokohama in 1964. His recorded nationality is Japan. He was educated at University of Tokyo.

Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.

The record gives his occupations as astronaut and surgeon.

Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.

Working from Japan shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.

Satoshi Furukawa is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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