Prof. Susumu Sasaki
"Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS) for a Sustainable Energy Future"

Position

Professor emeritus at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Research Area

Space Energy Systems, Space Plasma Physics, Planetary Exploration

Education and Career

He received the D.Sc. degree in space physics from the University of Tokyo in 1976. He joined the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science in 1975. Since 2000, he had been a professor of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)/Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), working in the field of space energy systems and lunar exploration.