Past Accomplishments
<01: The starting point
of MEGASTAR becoming one of the permanent exhibits>
 The
beginning of MEGASTAR’s The Road to a Permanent Exhibitiongoes
back to MEGASTAR’s opening event, “A present of
the starry sky” held on Christmas 2002. When director
Mohri, who is also an astronaut, saw the starry sky formed by
1.7 million stars, he took a deep breath. His memories of the
shining stars twinkling without the influences of the atmosphere
that he saw from the space shuttle were revived vividly.
“This is real,” director Mohri murmured to himself.
With the mission to share the latest science and technology
to many of people in a understandable fashion, Miraikan has the
concepts of, “The sharing of scientific creativity and
activities among people is our focus,” “People experiencing
science will hopefully create a resonance of excitement,”
“New and stimulating encounters with the world of science,”
“We will support researchers by becoming an open and accessible
research hub” etc., to “sympathize with reality.”
Director Mohri was surprised that Mr. Ohira’s past activities
and the concept of MEGASTAR explained by Mr. Ohira exactly matched
the concept of Miraikan.
“I want to pursue MEGASTAR’s new possibility which
projects the starry sky with surprising reality. Is there anyway
to make this one of the permanent exhibits?”
With the joining of the staff members of the National Museum
of Emerging Science and Innovation that were also fascinated
by the starry sky of the MEGASTAR along with director Mohri,
the consideration of the possibility of making it one of the
permanent exhibitions with Mr. Ohira had started. |
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