Yoji Kondo Explained

Yoji Kondo
Occupation:Astrophysicist
Birth Date:26 May 1933
Birth Place:Hitachi, Japan

was a Japanese-born American astrophysicist who also wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Eric Kotani. He edited Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master (1992), and contributed to New Destinies, Vol. VI/Winter 1988—Robert A. Heinlein Memorial Issue (1988), after his friend, writer Robert A. Heinlein, died in 1988.[1]

Kondo also edited the non-fiction book Interstellar Travel & Multi-Generational Space Ships, part of the Apogee Books Space Series.

For his work in the NASA Space program, Kondo was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement[2]

Yoji Kondo was also an accomplished teacher of Shodokan Aikido and judo.[3]

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  1. https://obittree.com/obituary/us/maryland/glen-burnie/simplicity-cremation--funeral-services-thomas-allen-pa/yoji-kondo/3210082/ Obituary
  2. https://baas.aas.org/pub/yoji-kondo-1933-2017/release/1
  3. Interview with Dr. Kondo Web site: Dr. Yoji Kondo . February 10, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101227041227/http://www.aikidojournal.com/article?articleID=391 . December 27, 2010 . Aiki News, #87, 1991