Satoshi Takamatsu

Satoshi Takamatsu ( Japanese 高 松 聡 , Takamatsu Satoshi ; * May 5, 1963 ) is a Japanese entrepreneur.

Life

Takamatsu started his professional career with the advertising agency Dentsū . In 2005 he founded his own company, GROUND, and served as its chief executive officer and chief creative officer . He was awarded various prizes for his advertising campaigns.

He is also the founder and chief executive officer of Space Films and Space Travel . The latter is the first Japanese company in space tourism .

In January 2015, Takamatsu began his training for the flight to the International Space Station (ISS). After Sarah Brightman's cancellation , he could take her place on the Soyuz Soyuz TMA-18M mission . Takamatsu would be the first Japanese space tourist. However, it is also possible that a Russian cosmonaut will fly instead, or that the Soyuz spacecraft will take off with only two people in order to be able to bring more cargo to the ISS.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Space Adventures: Space Adventures Announces that Satoshi Takamatsu Will Begin Orbital Spaceflight Training in Star City, Russia. (No longer available online.) January 7, 2015, archived from the original on May 6, 2015 ; accessed on May 22, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Takamatsu next in line for ISS voyage  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 14, 2015, The Japan News  
3. ^ TASS: Russian cosmonaut may be sent to space instead of British singer Sarah Brightman. May 14, 2015, accessed May 22, 2015 .