Yoji Kondo | |
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| Born | May 26, 1933 Hitachi, Japan |
| Died | October 9, 2017 (aged 84) |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Yoji Kondo (近藤 陽次, Kondō Yōji, May 26, 1933 – October 9, 2017) 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]