The overall strategic objective of ESA’S Microgravity Applications Promotion Programme is to generate a European activity using the International Space Station as a facility for industrial R & D. “Applications” of microgravity may be understood as the exploitations of the ISS for applied research and as a testbed for the development of technology and processes useful on Earth and for long-duration space flight. The objective is therefore to develop projects in order to: optimise applied ground-based physical and biological processes; generate data and materials samples relevant for industrial R & D; and investigate space-related physiological changes relevant for long-duration space flight, which may also be relevant for clinical applications on Earth. The Microgravity Applications Promotion Programme has the objective to foster and to develop a first generation of projects with involvement from industry, which should demonstrate that microgravity is indeed a useful tool for industrial R & D. These projects will be prepared by precursor experiments using traditional carriers and opportunities in the early utilisation of the ISS.
The microgravity applications promotion programme of the European Space Agency, ESA
Space technology and applications international forum - 1998 ; 1998 ; Albuquerque,New Mexico (USA)
AIP Conference Proceedings ; 420 , 1 ; 399-403
15.01.1998
5 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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