GRIPS-Mansfield Foundation Joint Seminar“Human Space Flight”
有人宇宙飛行
Tuesday, March 28, 2023

12:10-13:40 Online (Zoom Webinar)*To join the Seminar, please register at the Registration Form below or
QR code on the right by 17：00(Japan Time) Thursday, March 23, 2023.
You will receive an invitation e-mail from the Zoom online system.
https://grips-ac-jp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_W9wsXjY8RySQ3VyNp9jNxA

Speaker:Moderator:
Description:

Katherine Cook (Mansfield Fellow)
キャサリン・クック（マンスフィールド・フェロー）
Logistics Partnership Manager,
Gateway Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration米国航空宇宙局 (NASA) ゲートウェイ プログラム
ディープ スペース ロジスティクス パートナー シップマネージャー
Matthew Brummer, Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
マシュー ブラマー 政策研究大学院大学 助教授
Human Space Flight
50 years since Apollo landed men on the Moon, we will soon return humans to the Moon to live andwork on a spaceship called Gateway. In the next decade, we will launch the biggest rocket everbuilt, construct the Gateway, land the first woman on the moon's surface, and transition Earth's
International Space Station activities to new Earth stations. We will see new industries and an
expanded market for research. During this lecture, we will discuss the history and future concepts
for human exploration on the lunar surface and engage the audience in considering important policies
for international cooperation.
Katherine Cook is the International Partnership Manager for Deep Space Logistics, the teamresponsible for shipping equipment and supplies to the new international Moon Gateway.
Katherine’s career has been focused on developing new human spaceflight capabilities to explore
deep space. Prior to Katherine’s international partnership work, she served as a planning manager for
the Gateway’s Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR), which certifies that each mission is ready tolaunch and operate in space. For the first 11 years of her career, Katherine was the Artemis
Explorations Ground Systems (EGS) Program Strategic Planner. EGS launched the Artemis I lastyear, testing the largest rocket in the world, the Space Launch System, and the Orion spacecraft
which will return humans to the moon.
Additionally, Katherine participated in strategies to evolve NASA’s launch center from a government
launch center to a multi-user spaceport, utilized by commercial industry.
Katherine received an MBA in Business and BSBA in Business Finance from the University of Central
Florida in 2010 and 2006, respectively.

Matthew Brummer, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Innovation, Science and Technology
Policy Program at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). His research andteaching focus on the relationship between politics and technology. He concurrently holds a contract
position at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan. Before joining GRIPS, he taught atHosei University and was a country contributor for The Economist and Economist Intelligence Unit.
*Language: English
For registration and inquiries, please contact*Admission: Free
grips-pr03@grips.ac.jp*This seminar will be off the record.
(Ms. Chigiri / Ms. Sekine)

The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
GRIPS was established in October 1997, superseding the Graduate School of Policy Science (GSPS) at
Saitama University, which was the first graduate school for Policy Studies in Japan. GRIPS is agovernment-sponsored graduate school and research institute which has been restructured into an entirely
new and unique entity. GRIPS aims to be an international center of excellence for the education of future
leaders in the policy arena, for the advancement of policy research, and for the systematic collection anddissemination of policy-related information. In order to accomplish these aims, a Graduate School, a Policy
Research Center and a Policy Information Center have been established. GRIPS is the first graduate
school without facilities for undergraduates in Japan in the wider disciplines of social science. GRIPS islocated in Roppongi, Tokyo, with easy access to the political and business headquarters of Japan.
GRIPS degree programs are designed to attract outstanding students and thoroughly prepare them fordistinguished careers in policy setting. After a period of thorough preparation since its foundation in 1997,
GRIPS welcomed its first domestic students in April 2000, followed six months later by its first internationalstudents. About two-thirds of the student-intake of GRIPS consist of international students coming fromover sixty countries in Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. Students normally have three to five years working
experience for governments, central banks, custom offices or other relevant organizations. TheInternational Programs at GRIPS are conducted solely in English, while Domestic Programs are taught inJapanese.
GRIPS aims to be the center of a consortium, consisting of industry, government, and academia, for theexchange of information, ideas, and personnel among graduate schools, government-related institutes,and private research institutes in Japan. In addition, through its international faculty, student body, andalumni, and by promoting international exchange of policy research and information, GRIPS aims toestablish an international network among academics and government officials in the field of policy studies,
contributing to the promotion of a better understanding among peoples around the world in an age ofglobalization.

The Maureen and Mike Mansfield FoundationThe Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation was created in 1983 to advance Maureen and Mike
Mansfield's life-long efforts to promote understanding and cooperation among the nations and peoples ofAsia and the United States. The Foundation sponsors exchanges, dialogues, and publications that create
networks among U.S. and Asian leaders, explore the underlying issues influencing public policies, andincrease awareness about the nations and peoples of Asia. The Foundation receives support fromindividuals, corporations, and philanthropic organizations. It also provides support to The Maureen andMike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana.
The Mansfield Fellowship Program - named after Mike Mansfield, former U.S. ambassador to Japan, U.S.
Senate majority leader, and U.S. congressman from Montana - is a first-of-its-kind program for the UnitedStates and Japan. The U.S. Congress created the Mansfield Fellowships in 1994 to build a corps of U.S.
federal government employees with proficiency in the Japanese language and practical, firsthandknowledge about Japan and its government. During a one-year program in Japan, Fellows develop anin-depth understanding of Japan’s government and policymaking process and establish relationships with
their counterparts in the government of Japan and the business, professional, and academic communities.
The Mansfield Fellowships are administered by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, with theUnited States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs as grantor.
The Foundation has offices in Washington, DC, Tokyo, and Missoula, Montana.