AUTHORS

Kouki Nimura is an Executive Fellow at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), he serves as the Project Manager and Chief Launch Officer of the H-IIA and H-IIB launch vehicle programs. After working in the Space Equipment Engineering Department for over twenty years, he was dispatched to lead the H-IIA project in 2003. Nimura has been with MHI for more than three decades, and remains dedicated in developing the H3, its next major launch vehicle.

Ken Kawai is the Chief Regional Officer, Asia Pacific, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Keith Breene has a 20 year track record as a national media journalist, he has worked in newsrooms including the BBC and ITN, as well as having extensive experience in the corporate sector.

Keith Breene has a 20 year track record as a national media journalist, he has worked in newsrooms including the BBC and ITN, as well as having extensive experience in the corporate sector.

John McKenna is an award-winning business journalist with specialist experience in the energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors, John's stories have appeared in leading British newspapers including The Times and The Daily Telegraph.