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The past achievements, benefits and future opportunities of human spaceflight are discussed from a European perspective. Earlier work performed on the Skylab, Salyut, Shuttle, Spacelab, and Mir orbital facilities is reviewed, together with the prospects for new research on the International Space Station (ISS). Major scientific benefits are expected from the ISS in the areas of life science research (including human physiology and medicine) physical sciences, and fundamental physics. 相似文献
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Öpik's analytical expressions relate in a simple way the semimajor axis, eccentricity and inclination of the projectile orbit to the magnitude and direction of the relative velocity vector at impact on a given target on circular orbit. These interesting quantities, along with the impact probability of any given projectile, can be all represented on a suitable projection giving a comprehensive picture of the impact risk on the selected target. By means of this theory a complete analysis of the impact risk on the International Space Station (ISS) is performed. It is found that the large majority of the debris population is on orbits such that a correlation exists between their impact velocity on the ISS and the angle between the velocity vector of the impactor and that of the ISS. The impactor population also is separated in terms of nature of the projectiles, with most of the low-medium velocity ones being particles related to solid rocket motor slag condensates. On the other hand, the highest velocity projectiles are composed mainly by fragments of past in-orbit explosions.The flux of projectiles on the ISS has been calculated for the planned operative lifetime of the Station, by assuming a realistic scenario of the future debris environment evolution and the actual planned altitude profile for the ISS mission. There is a factor 2-3 variation of the flux due to the changing ISS altitude. The most dangerous part of the mission appears to be the central one, when the ISS will orbit at about 450 km above the Earth. 相似文献
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Kevin Fong 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2004,94(3-4):169-176
Human space exploration is not considered a strategic priority in the United Kingdom at present. However the UK would benefit from participating in human spaceflight, for both scientific and social reasons. From the point of view of medical science there are many parallels between the physiology of spaceflight and terrestrial disease processes, and studies of the response of astronauts to long-duration spaceflight can therefore help in the development of therapeutic strategies on Earth. On the social side, human spaceflight is an attractive vehicle for stimulating the interest of young people in science and engineering, something that must be of value for an aspiring ‘knowledge-based’ economy. 相似文献
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The United Kingdom government has decided to be part of the European Space Agency’s Aurora programme, but so far it has declared an intention only to participate in aspects of the programme which do not involve human space flight. Personally, we believe this to be a mistake, mainly because of the inherent limitations of robots, especially in unforeseen circumstances. However the arguments we make are different to this and are focussed mainly upon the benefits to earth based science, medicine, technology and education which would accrue from a manned space flight programme. 相似文献
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The ubiquity and resilience of microorganisms makes them unavoidable in most environments including space habitats. The impaired immune system of astronauts in flight raises the level of concern about disease risk during human space missions and additionally these biological contaminants may affect life support systems and hardware. In this review, the microbial contamination observed in manned space stations and in particular the International Space Station ISS will be discussed, demonstrating that it is a microbiologically safe working and living habitat. Microbial contamination levels were in general below the implemented quality standards, although, occasional contamination hazard reports indicate that the current prevention and monitoring strategies are the strict minimum. 相似文献
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David A. Green 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2010,107(1):127-146
Terrestrial translation of biomedical advances is insufficient justification for lunar exploration. However, terrestrial translation
should be viewed as a critical part of the cycle of mission planning, execution and review, both in terms of the progress
of space exploration, but also of sustained life on Earth. Thus, both the mission and its potential to benefit mankind are
increased by the adoption of human-based exploration of the lunar surface. Whilst European biomedical sciences have grown
in stature, there remains a gap between space biomedical science and terrestrial medical application. As such, an opportunity
for the UK to take a sustainable leadership role exists by utilising its biomedical science community, socialised health care
system (National Health Service) and defined mechanisms to determine the clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness upon health
and wellbeing (i.e. National Institute Clinical Excellence), aiding the difficult process of health care rationing. By focusing
upon exploitation of the more scientifically rewarding, potentially long-term and more terrestrially analogous challenge of
lunar habitation, the UK would circumnavigate the current impediments to International Space Station utilisation. Early engagement
in lunar exploration would promote the UK, and its adoption of a leadership role incorporating a considered approach to the
development of space biomedicine with an eye to its terrestrial value. For instance, prolonged lunar habitation could provide
an ‘ideal controlled environment’ for investigation of medical interventions, in particular multiple interactions (e.g. between
exercise and nutrition), a model of accelerated aging and a number of chronic pathologies, including those related to disuse.
Lunar advances could provide a springboard for individualized medicine, insights into occupational and de-centralised medicine
(e.g. telemedicine) and act as a stimulus for biomedical innovation and understanding. Leadership in biomedical science activities
would retain mission critically (and thus avoid obsolesce) so long as a human is involved (irrespective of specific mission
architecture) and could be used to leverage opportunities for UK-based institutions, companies and individuals, most notably
current ESA astronaut candidate Major Tim Peake. A combination of ESA engagement and national support for space biomedical
sciences via research councils (e.g. Medical Research Council) could facilitate a virtuous circle of investment, advancement
and socio-economic return invigorating the NHS, education, and key research initiatives such as ESA Harwell, UK Centre for
Medical Research and Innovation, and the newly instigated Academic Health Science Centres. Such a strategy could also boost
private space enterprise within the UK including the creation of a space port and could help retain the UK’s position as a
European aerospace transportation, services and legislative hub. By focusing upon its biomedical strength within a multi-faceted
but co-ordinated strategy of engagement, the UK could reap significant socio-economic benefits for the UK and its citizens,
be they on the Moon, or the Earth. 相似文献
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Human space flight represents a heady mix of bravery and drama which can be inspirational to nations and to humankind but
at huge economic cost. Due to the current high launch costs only a handful of people have ventured beyond low Earth orbit
and walked on the Moon, propelled by aspirations related more to the Cold War than to science. Problems with reusable launch
vehicle development mean that severe launch cost limitations will exist for some time. Meanwhile, cheaper robotic probes have
visited all the planets except Pluto, flown by comets, landed on Mars, Venus and an asteroid, have probed Jupiter's atmosphere
and studied the Universe beyond our own solar system with telescopes. Using these data we are determining mankind's place
in the Universe. Public interest in the historic Eros landing eclipsed a simultaneous space walk at the fledgling International
Space Station and the Mars Pathfinder landing generated hundreds of millions of website hits in a few days. Given the fact
that hundreds of Mars missions could be flown for the still-escalating cost of the International Space Station, the unsuitability
of human bodies for deep space exploration, and the advances in 3-d and virtual reality techniques, we discuss whether human
exploration needs a place in a realistic, useful and inspirational space programme.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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I. A. Crawford 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2004,94(3-4):245-266
I will argue that an ambitious programme of human space exploration, involving a return to the Moon, and eventually human missions to Mars, will add greatly to human knowledge. Gathering such knowledge is the primary aim of science, but science’s compartmentalisation into isolated academic disciplines tends to obscure the overall strength of the scientific case. Any consideration of the scientific arguments for human space exploration must therefore take a holistic view, and integrate the potential benefits over the entire spectrum of human knowledge. Moreover, science is only one thread in a much larger overall case for human space exploration. Other threads include economic, industrial, educational, geopolitical and cultural benefits. Any responsibly formulated public space policy must weigh all of these factors before deciding whether or not an investment in human space activities is scientifically and socially desirable. 相似文献
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The European Space Agency, ESA, is currently studying 3 high-energy astronomy missions that use the International Space Station
(ISS). These are Lobster-ISS, an all-sky imaging X-ray monitor, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) which will study
the highest energy cosmic rays by using the Earth's atmosphere as a giant detector and XEUS — the X-ray Evolving Universe
Spectroscopy Mission, a potential successor to ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. These first 2 missions will he attached
to the external platforms on the Columbus module, while XEUS will visit the ISS to attach additional X-ray mirrors to enlarge
the original 4.5 m diameter mirrors to the 10 m diameter required to observed redshifted iron lines from massive black holes
in the early Universe.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Space VLBI is a new observing technique which will be available in the second half of this decade by radio telescopes as interferometer elements in orbit. Besides the main astronomical interests, this new development has some very interesting potential applications in satellite dynamics, geodesy and geodynamical research which qualify space VLBI a potential new technique in space geodesy. A geodesy demostration experiment (GEDEX) is being proposed for the Japanese space VLBI satellite-VSOP, with the main objectives of reference frame interconnections and orbit accuracy improvement of the space radio telescope. The paper gives a review of the special characteristics of space VLBI and a general background of the GEDEX proposal. 相似文献
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In Situ Biological Contamination Studies of the Moon: Implications for Planetary Protection and Life Detection Missions 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Daniel P. Glavin Jason P. Dworkin Mark Lupisella David R. Williams Gerhard Kminek John D. Rummel 《Earth, Moon, and Planets》2010,107(1):87-93
NASA and ESA have outlined visions for solar system exploration that will include a series of lunar robotic precursor missions
to prepare for, and support a human return to the Moon, and future human exploration of Mars and other destinations, including
possibly asteroids. One of the guiding principles for exploration is to pursue compelling scientific questions about the origin
and evolution of life. The search for life on objects such as Mars will require careful operations, and that all systems be
sufficiently cleaned and sterilized prior to launch to ensure that the scientific integrity of extraterrestrial samples is
not jeopardized by terrestrial organic contamination. Under the Committee on Space Research’s (COSPAR’s) current planetary
protection policy for the Moon, no sterilization procedures are required for outbound lunar spacecraft, nor is there a different
planetary protection category for human missions, although preliminary COSPAR policy guidelines for human missions to Mars
have been developed. Future in situ investigations of a variety of locations on the Moon by highly sensitive instruments designed
to search for biologically derived organic compounds would help assess the contamination of the Moon by lunar spacecraft.
These studies could also provide valuable “ground truth” data for Mars sample return missions and help define planetary protection
requirements for future Mars bound spacecraft carrying life detection experiments. In addition, studies of the impact of terrestrial
contamination of the lunar surface by the Apollo astronauts could provide valuable data to help refine future Mars surface exploration plans for a human mission to Mars. 相似文献
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We consider plant seeds as terrestrial models for a vectored life form that could protect biological information in space. Seeds consist of maternal tissue surrounding and protecting an embryo. Some seeds resist deleterious conditions found in space: ultra low vacuum, extreme temperatures and radiation, including intense UV light. In a receptive environment, seeds could liberate a viable embryo, viable higher cells or a viable free-living organism (an endosymbiont or endophyte). Even if viability is lost, seeds still contain functional macro and small molecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, amino acids, lipids, etc.) that could provide the chemical basis for starting or modifying life. The possible release of endophytes or endosymbionts from a seed-like space traveler suggests that multiple domains of life, defined in DNA sequence phylogenies, could be disseminated simultaneously from Earth. We consider the possibility of exospermia, the outward transfer of life, as well as introspermia, the inward transfer of life–both as a contemporary and ancient events. 相似文献
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The European Space Agency, ESA, is currently studying 3 high-energy astronomy missions that use the International Space Station
(ISS). These are Lobster-ISS, an all-sky imaging X-ray monitor, the Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) which will study
the highest energy cosmic rays by using the Earth's atmosphere as a giant detector and XEUS — the X-ray Evolving Universe
Spectroscopy Mission, a potential successor to ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory. These first 2 missions will he attached
to the external platforms on the Columbus module, while XEUS will visit the ISS to attach additional X-ray mirrors to enlarge
the original 4.5 m diameter mirrors to the 10 m diameter required to observed redshifted iron lines from massive black holes
in the early Universe.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Darwin is a cornerstone mission of the Horizons 2000+ program of the European Space Agency. It has the express purpose of
carrying out the first direct search for terrestrial exoplanets, and to achieve unprecedented spatial resolution in the infrared wavelength region. The
detection and study of terrestrial exoplanets promises to usher in a new era in science and will affect a broad spectrum of
disciplines. Further, the time line for implementation of such an instrument is now likely to be of the close order of 10
years, leading to possible answers to one of mankind's most fundamental questions in the second decade of the 21st century.
It has been found that in order to realize am interferometer in space in the next 10–15 years, it is necessary to prepare
the way through a number of intermediary steps – both on the ground and in space. In this context, we here describe GENIE
– a ground based nulling interferometry experiment to be implemented at the VLTI in a partnership between ESA and ESO.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was conceived as the scientific successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and Spitzer Space Telescope. The instrument suite provides broad wavelength coverage and capabilities aimed at four key science themes: 1) The end of the dark ages: first light and reionization, 2) The assembly of galaxies, 3) The birth of stars and protoplanetary systems, and 4) Planetary systems and the origins of life. To accomplish these ambitious goals, JWST's detectors provide state-of-the-art performance spanning the λ = 0.6–28 μm wavelength range. In this paper, we describe JWST with an emphasis on its infrared detectors. 相似文献
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R.M. Bonnet 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,277(1-2):371-378
Space Science helped the start of the open space race after the launch of Sputnik-1 in 1957. Conversely, the use of space vehicles during the cold war allowed the scientists to conduct many observations and make discoveries which have dramatically changed our views of our own Solar System and of the Universe. What will be the future of this activity in the next century, with the disappearance of the cold war justification and in the context of shrinking budgets? Is there a future for space exploration? For what benefit and how will space science programmes be conducted? Who will be the main players? Are there limits to our ability to explore? The pioneers of space research in the post-Sputnik-1 era, like J-L. Steinberg, had both an easier and a more difficult time than space scientists of today. Nevertheless, space science will only survive in the next century if it succeeds in reaching the deep interest and motivation of society at large. 相似文献
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There has traditionally been a dichotomy in the space community regarding the efficacy of human versus robotic exploration
of space. I argue that no such dichotomy is necessary, and that there is a natural and synergistic division of labour between
man and machine, and that this division of labour will evolve in symbiotic fashion. The present state-of-the-art robotics
technology is insufficient to replace the human in space, but is sufficient to act as a useful, even necessary, tool in aiding
the astronaut in the conduct of useful work. I further argue that as robotics technology advances, the human will be further
relieved to perform tasks best suited to human decision-making and flexibility that is unlikely in the near-term to be matched
by autonomous or teleoperated machines.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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Studying space weather is an excellent subject for getting people interested in space science in general; therefore, it is being included as part of the education and public outreach activities being organized during the International Heliophysical Year (IHY). The general public find the subject interesting because variation in the space environment, i.e., space weather, can be related to their daily lives. The international organization concerned with space weather is called the International Space Environment Service (ISES). This organization is composed of the World Warning Agency (WWA) and 11 Regional Warning Centers (RWCs). The WWA and RWCs collect, collate, and disseminate space weather information on a regular basis. This report contains history and activities of the ISES. 相似文献