Скачать или смотреть They Forgot Him… Until Japan Changed the Space Race

Hideo Itokawa is rarely mentioned alongside the giants of the Space Age.
He did not lead dramatic launches, race superpowers, or claim headlines.
Yet without him, Japan’s space program would not exist.

This documentary traces the true, historically grounded story of the engineer who quietly laid the foundations of Japanese space science. From wartime aeronautics inside Imperial Japan, through total prohibition after 1945, to the creation of Japan’s first research rockets and institutions, Itokawa’s career reflects a unique path shaped by restraint, patience, and scientific rigor.

Rather than pursuing weapons or prestige, he rebuilt an entire field from almost nothing. His work led to the Pencil, Baby, and Kappa rockets, and to the creation of institutions that would later evolve into Japan’s modern space program. This film avoids myths and dramatization, focusing instead on verified history and technical reality.

A story about science after defeat.
About innovation without spectacle.
And about how modern space programs are often built quietly, long before the first satellite ever flies.

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