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Jan 2002
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IAF abstracts, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space Congress, held 10-19 October, 2002 in Houston, TX, USA.,
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The planning, preparation, and execution of space exploration missions is a programmatic challenge, which has to meet demanding and to some extent visionary mission objectives, yet in a cost-effective and viable manner. In particular in view of the significant complexity of a human mission scenario, innovative technologies are very often enabling factors for planetary exploration. As a result, such a programme is typically based on and driver for intellectual excellence and new technologies. Academia is one of, if not the most important source for new technologies. It is here where most of the creative, long-term, fundamental research takes place. Universities in Europe have changed dramatically over the past twenty years - they increasingly support the industrial base while they have a leading role to play in creating ideas and knowledge. Traditional boundaries fostering relative seclusion are being broken down and replaced by partnerships and links with industry. Research groups within universities, companies and government research institutes are joining together to share their knowledge and to pursue common strategic goals. It is with this context in mind that European Space Agency (ESA) proposed a partnership with European technical universities to foster breakthroughs in advanced concepts and leading- edge technologies, which will help Europe to define and develop its future space programmes over the next decades. The Future Human &Robotic Space Exploration Technology Network of European Academia has the focus on advanced concepts and technologies for exploration. Due to the high number of universities in Europe, it is very likely that without a co-ordinated partnership with these institutions, ESA would have difficulties to gain knowledge of many innovative ideas - ideas, which may carry a great potential for future ambitious space enterprises. On the other hand, by means of a partnership with ESA, the universities are enabled to conduct their advanced research within the European context of space exploration. Both aspects are best supported by a co-operating partnership between ESA and technical universities as an element of the overall ESA-academia-industry triangle. Initially, the academia network was defined in support of the Aurora Space Exploration Programme (which will be presented in a separate paper) only. However, as experiences in this partnership for Aurora will be gathered, its terms may be enlarged in the future to also capture support to other space development and application programmes. Similar partnerships have been existing in the United States already for many years and can, with no doubt, be considered a success. The presentation outlines the different aspects and the status of this newly founded network, which is currently consisting of 20 European academic institutions and facilitated by the Astronautics Division of Technische Universität München.
Igenbergs Eduard
Pauly K.
Reimert M.
Schmitt Denis
Schulze Rainer
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