Outer space,Geneva and the Conference on Disarmament: Future directions

Global dependence on the space sector is increasing rapidly. However, the growing challenges outer space poses to international security have not, as yet, been effectively addressed in the United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD) or in other multilateral fora. This paper briefly reviews the current state of affairs of international security and outer space and explores the challenges the international community faces in building international agreements for improved space security and global stability. It examines some of the hurdles that are faced in tackling space security issues are and provides some thinking on ways to overcome them. The paper concludes that there is a potential role for the disarmament community and the CD in particular. As potential conflicts in outer space emerge, having invested bodies and communities such as the CD and a strong cadre of disarmament diplomats and NGOs to act as an informed hub on space and disarmament issues is essential.     

The 4th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology Held in Shanghai

The Chinese Society of Astro-nautics (CSA) and International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) jointly held the 4th CSA-IAA Conference on Advanced Space Technology from September 5 to 8, 2011 in Shanghai     

深空探测技术专业委员会第五届学术年会暨第四届中英空间科学与技术合作研讨会召开

中国宇航学会深空探测技术专业委员会第五届学术年会暨第四届中英空间科学与技术合作研讨会于2008年10月11日至14日在湖南长沙召开.本次年会由深空探测技术专业委员会主办,北京航空航天大学与湖南大学共同承办.湖南大学校长钟志华院士、中国宇航学会秘书长杨俊华、国防科工局系统一司副司长田玉龙、教育部科技司副司长陈盈晖、国家自然基金委信息学部副主任张兆田等出席开幕式并致辞.     

Promoting research and education in basic space science: the approach of the UN/ESA workshops

UN-affiliated regional centres for space science and technology education are being established or are in operation in Africa (Morocco, Nigeria), Asia and the Pacific (India), Latin America and the Caribbean (Brazil, Mexico), and Western Asia (Jordan). Education curricula at the university level, embracing remote sensing, satellite communications, satellite meteorology, and space science have been developed for these centres. This article briefly reports on the structure of the most recent updated education curricula in the four disciplines that have been made available for implementation in 2002 and 2003, in the six official languages of the United Nations. This is also an effort to bridge the gap between such education curricula as they vary significantly between nations and among educational institutions in nations.     

中国航天发展的里程碑——《中国的航天》白皮书

《中国的航天》白皮书是中国政府首次全面、系统地向全世界公开介绍中国航天的发展战略和有关政策,白皮书的发布是中国航天史的一件意义重大、影响深远的里程碑事件。本文介绍了白皮书中一些重要的新概念的形成过程,包括“大航天”的内涵、不同领域在航天活动中的作用和定位等,并简要阐述了由此引出的航天发展的相关政策以及民用航天近期发展思路和规划等。     

绕月探测工程第三次工作会暨决战动员会在京召开

2006年3月24日上午,国防科工委在北京召开绕月探测工程第三次工作会暨决战动员会。2006年,绕月探测工程全面进入正样研制阶段,年内卫星、运载火箭系统要完成正样飞行产品的生产研制,发射场、测控、地面应用系统完成系统的集成、联试,具备执行任务的能力。本年度是工程的决战年,     

The Structure of Ion Spectra in Outer Regions of the Ring Current: The November 13, 1995 Event

We present the results on variations of ion spectra in the energy range from 1 keV to 3 MeV. The spectra measured onboard the INTERBALL Tail Probe satellite on November 13, 1995, during the satellite's passage from the dipole field lines to the lines stretched into the magnetotail are analyzed. The data of the CORALL, DOK-2, and SKA-2 instruments are used to reconstruct the ion spectra. It is shown that, when the ion spectrum along the satellite trajectory is averaged over 2-min intervals, it is smooth up to geocentric distances of 6R _E. With decreasing distances, the form of the particle spectra in the region under consideration remained virtually unchanged (region from L = 11R _E down to L= 6R _E) and only insignificant variations of the energy of the spectral maxima are observed. Possible reasons for the observed regularities are discussed.     

The Space within Fisherman's Folly: Playing with a Puzzle in Mereotopology

Abstract

In this paper we propose a spatial ontology for reasoning about holes, rigid objects and a string, taking a classical puzzle as a motivating example. In this ontology the domain is composed of spatial regions whereby a theory about holes is defined over a mereotopological basis. Within this theory we define a data structure, named chain, that facilitates a clear and efficient representation of the puzzle states and its solution.     

纳米材料提高碳/环氧复合材料抗紫外辐照性能研究

随着对长寿命、高可靠卫星的需求增加,中国卫星上常用的碳/环氧复合材料的抗空间紫外辐照性能研究极为迫切。利用强吸收紫外辐照的纳米材料来改善复合材料结构抗空间紫外辐照能力是提高卫星可靠性、延长寿命的有效途径。通过环境模拟实验取得了初步结果。     

Kevlar／Nomex蜂窝夹层结构微带阵天线电气板的研制

微带天线广泛应用于星载合成孔径雷达天线.文章对Kevlar/Nomex蜂窝夹层结构微带天线的材料、制造技术进行了分析.结果表明,微带天线采用Kevlar/Nomex蜂窝夹层结构制造工艺,能够满足设计要求.     

The O/OREOS mission: first science data from the Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) payload

We report the first telemetered spaceflight science results from the orbiting Space Environment Survivability of Living Organisms (SESLO) experiment, executed by one of the two 10?cm cube-format payloads aboard the 5.5?kg Organism/Organic Exposure to Orbital Stresses (O/OREOS) free-flying nanosatellite. The O/OREOS spacecraft was launched successfully to a 72° inclination, 650?km Earth orbit on 19 November 2010. This satellite provides access to the radiation environment of space in relatively weak regions of Earth's protective magnetosphere as it passes close to the north and south magnetic poles; the total dose rate is about 15 times that in the orbit of the International Space Station. The SESLO experiment measures the long-term survival, germination, and growth responses, including metabolic activity, of Bacillus subtilis spores exposed to the microgravity, ionizing radiation, and heavy-ion bombardment of its high-inclination orbit. Six microwells containing wild-type (168) and six more containing radiation-sensitive mutant (WN1087) strains of dried B. subtilis spores were rehydrated with nutrient medium after 14 days in space to allow the spores to germinate and grow. Similarly, the same distribution of organisms in a different set of microwells was rehydrated with nutrient medium after 97 days in space. The nutrient medium included the redox dye Alamar blue, which changes color in response to cellular metabolic activity. Three-color transmitted intensity measurements of all microwells were telemetered to Earth within days of each of the 48?h growth experiments. We report here on the evaluation and interpretation of these spaceflight data in comparison to delayed-synchronous laboratory ground control experiments.     

Microgravity research and user support in the Space Station era: The Microgravity User Support Centre

Future space systems, such as Columbus, the planned European contribution to the International Space Station, offer ample possibilities for microgravity research and application. These new opportunities require adequate user support on ground and novel operational concepts in order to ensure an effective utilization. Extensive experience in microgravity user support has been accumulated at DFVLR during the past Spacelab 1 and D1 missions. Based on this work, a Microgravity User Support Centre (MUSC) has been built and is active for the forthcoming EURECA-A1 and D2 missions, to form an integrated support centre for the disciplines life sciences and material sciences in the Space Station era. The objective of the user support at MUSC is to achieve:

• easy access to space experiments for scientific and commercial users,

• efficient preparation of experiments,

• optimum use of valuable microgravity experimentation time,

• cost reduction by concentration of experience.

This is implemented by embedding the MUSC in an active scientific environment in both disciplines, such that users can share the experience gained by professional personnel. In this way, the Space Station system is operated along the lines established on ground for the utilization of large international research facilities, such as accelerators or astronomical observatories. In addition, concepts are developed to apply advanced telescience principles for Space Station operations.