2011年11月16日星期三

Hayabusa satellite engineer among 150 honored as contemporary master craftsmen

Satellite engineer Seietsu Nishine, who has built various spacecraft including the asteroid probe Hayabusa, is among 150 contemporary master craftsmen that the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has recognized for fiscal 2011.

Other contemporary master craftsmen for this fiscal year include Shoichi Nanbu, an expert in hydraulic valves who opened the way for the mass production of such devices, and Koyu Oshiro, a plasterer who has contributed to the preservation of cultural properties in Okinawa, including the Shureimon gate in Ryukyu Castle in Naha, with his ability to shingle roofs with Ryukyu tiles.

Nishine, 54, an engineer with NEC Toshiba Space Systems Ltd., led a team that assembled the Hayabusa, the world's first spacecraft that brought back materials from a celestial body other than the moon.

"The (spacecraft), which is just like my child, made various scientific achievements.The company overview for Wholesale Marble Tiles Collection For Bathrooms Victory Factory I'm so proud of it. This is the thrill you can get through this job," he said as he looked at the life-size model of the Hayabusa on display at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Sagamihara Campus in Kanagawa Prefecture.

When he was a young child, Nishine was immersed in assembling plastic models for cars and tanks.

"When I joined NEC Corp., I wanted to make home electric appliances, but I never imagined that I would be creating many large-scale satellites," Nishine said.

He has assembled 18 satellites over the past 35 years. All of them -- including Sakigake, the space probe sent to Halley's Comet in 1985, and Yoko, a sun observation satellite launched in 1991 -- have been successfully launched and made many achievements.welcome to order china Wholesale Skirtting Tiles For Bathrooms.

In assembling a satellite, engineers must go through delicate procedures, determining the sequence by examining hundreds of blueprints, arranging cutting-edge devices whose weight has been reduced to the minimum possible level and connecting them with countless wires. They often cannot assemble some parts of a satellite according to its blueprint because there is not enough space to insert their hands, forcing them to consult with designers over what to do.Futurism Wholesale Polished tiles For Countertops here

Nishine also reviews notebooks recording knowledge he has acquired through his work and details of work he has performed, which he keeps at home. "Whenever I review my notebooks, I get some hints for what I'm working on now.WebMD provides an overview of Wholesale Mosaic Tiles For Wall From China Manufacturers disease My long years of experience help me," he said, adding that he regards his notebooks as his assets.

Until recently, he had not told his family that he was involved in building the Hayabusa. After he was notified that he would be named as a contemporary master craftsman, he went to a movie theater to watch a film featuring the Hayabusa along with his family.The Eden Bath line of Wholesale Rustic porcelain For Wall are highly desired due to their naturally random beauty He could not help but shed tears when he saw a scene in which a rocket carrying the spacecraft was launched.

"I felt as if my daughter married and left my home. Do you understand this feeling?" he said. He apparently thought of his 25-year-old daughter who married earlier this year. The face of an engineer who has been successful in all his work turned to that of a father whose daughter has got married.

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