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		<title>Think space and win a trip to Beijing [update]</title>
		<link>http://blog.oewf.org/en/2013/06/think-space-and-win-a-trip-to-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OeWF</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), in cooperation with committees of the International Astronautical Federation, is presenting competitive opportunities for students and young professionals to attend the Space Generation Congress and International Astronautical Congress to be held in Beijing, China, this September.<br />
You are between 18 and 35 years old, interested in the space sector and would like to present your ideas at the Space Generation Congress and the International Astronautical Congress this September in Beijing in China?<br />
Then participate in one of these four competitions:</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5218" alt="SpaceApps 2013 Logo" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/SpaceApps_2013-300x140.jpg" width="300" height="140" /><strong>Space Apps competition: </strong><br />
Write an abstract about a clever &amp; innovative space app. This competition is for students &amp; young professionals from Austria only.<br />
Submission deadline: 10th August 2013.<br />
More information: <a href="http://spacegeneration.org/index.php/opportunities/competitions/ffg-bmvit-space-apps" target="_blank">Space Apps Website</a></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5191" alt="Logo Move an Asteroid competition" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sgac_maa.png" width="300" height="69" /><strong>Move an asteroid 2013 competition:</strong><br />
Write a technical paper with your idea how to detect, explore or exploit an asteroid heading towards the Earth. Submission deadline is the 30th June 2013.<br />
More information: <a href="http://spacegeneration.org/MAA" target="_blank">spacegeneration.org/MAA</a></p>
<p><img class="size-large wp-image-5192 alignleft" alt="Logo Space is Business" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sgac_sib.png" width="300" height="95" /><br />
<strong>Space is Business competition:</strong><br />
Think about the future, past and present of Entrepreneurship and Investment within the Space Sector and submit a paper with your ideas. Submission deadline is the 30th June 2013.<br />
More information: <a href="http://spacegeneration.org/sib" target="_blank">spacegeneration.org/sib</a></p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-5193 alignleft" alt="Logo Space Solar Power" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sgac_ssp.png" width="300" height="78" /><strong>Space Solar Power competition:</strong><br />
Address major energy challenges on Earth with the use of solar energy. Submit a paper with your solar power idea by 1st July 2013.<br />
More information: <a href="http://spacegeneration.org/ssp" target="_blank">spacegeneration.org/ssp</a></p>
<p>The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is an international organization dedicated to allowing the next generation of space leaders to have an impact on the global space community.</p>
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		<title>OeWF and SGAC sign Memorandum of Understanding</title>
		<link>http://blog.oewf.org/en/2012/11/oewf-and-sgac-sign-memorandum-of-understanding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 22:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OeWF</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) signed today a Memorandum of Understanding at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.</p>
<p>OeWF and SGAC have common interests in promoting space activities and strengthening the space workforce through career development, education and outreach. Both will work together in pursuing the highest quality standards in education, public outreach and research in all subjects related to space.</p>
<p>Gernot Groemer emphasis,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;a close cooperation with the SGAC is the next logical step for the Austrian Space Forum, which serves as network for space professionals.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<div id="attachment_3543" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MoU-oewf_sgac2Nov2012.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[3540]"><img src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MoU-oewf_sgac2Nov2012-600x351.jpg" alt="Andrea Jaime, SGAC (left), Carsten Scharlemann, FH Wiener Neustadt (middle), Gernot Groemer, OeWF (right)" title="Signing MoM" width="600" height="351" class="size-large wp-image-3543" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Andrea Jaime, SGAC (left), Carsten Scharlemann, FH Wiener Neustadt (middle), Gernot Groemer, OeWF (right)</p>
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<p class="wp-caption-text">Signed document between OeWF &#038; SGAC.</p>
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		<title>On rocky roads with Sherpa I Viktor Hess balloon</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 18:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniela Scheer</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saturday, 1st of September 2012: <strong><br />
On rocky roads </strong></p>
<p>In 2012 we celebrate “Victor Hess Year”, to honour the Austrian physicist who discovered the cosmic radiation during a balloon flight in 1912. He can be seen as the father of Particle Physics, and was awarded Nobel Price for his discovery. The Austrian Institute of High Energy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences organised several talks in Schlossberg/Graz.</p>
<div id="attachment_3294" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-kasematten.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[3427]"><img class="size-large wp-image-3294" title="Sherpa I Kasematten" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-kasematten-600x399.jpg" alt="Sherpa I in the Kasematten Hall at the Schlossberg, Graz" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Sherpa I in the Kasematten Hall at the Schlossberg, Graz</p>
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<p>The theme of the event is “On to Space” shall launch and fly up to 35km above ground to measure radiation with a Geigercounter. Unfortunately is only the fact that the weather is still miserable. Still, some members of the public have arrived who brave the cold (13 degrees Celsius!) weather and listen to the talks of several invited speakers.</p>
<div id="attachment_3298" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-nfrischauf.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[3427]"><img class="size-large wp-image-3298" title="N. Frischauf &amp; Kasematten" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-nfrischauf-600x399.jpg" alt="Norbert Frischauf moderates the event" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Norbert Frischauf moderates the event</p>
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<p>After an introduction to the topic “Victor Franz Hess and the discovery of cosmic radiation” from Heinz Krenn (Victor-Franz-Hess Society) and a lecture about “Balloons – now and then” from Josef Starkbaum (multiple balloon flight world champion) more interesting details about “Cosmic Radiation in Everyday Life and Technology” are presented from Thomas Bergauer (Institute of High Energy Physics). In order to warm up people move around and visit the information stands from the Austrian Space Forum (Österreichisches Weltraum Forum, ÖWF), the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Austrian Acadmy of Sciences (HEPHY) and the Austrian Testemitter Society (Österreichischer Versuchssender Verband, ÖVSV).</p>
<p>The ÖVSV is also responsible for transmitting live images from the balloon camera to big screens in the Kasematten hall. Norbert Frischauf (ÖWF) who moderates the event has to juggle the different highlights of the event, as the rain forces to change the planned course of the event. With half an hour delay the balloon finally takes off at 11:00 AM. A responsive audience witnesses as the balloon manages to take to the sky after strong winds have nearly blown it into some trees.</p>
<div id="attachment_3297" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-launchsequence.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[3427]"><img class="size-large wp-image-3297" title="Sherpa I - Countdown" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-launchsequence-600x399.jpg" alt="Countdown for Sherpa I has started" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Countdown for Sherpa I has started</p>
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<p>Finally Sherpa has gone, and we await the first images. They arrive with a slight delay and – due to the rain – with some disruptions. However, the view we get of Graz is worth the wait. After a while, the balloon disappears in the clouds, and the audience turns its attention once more to the speakers.</p>
<div id="attachment_3296" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-flight.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[3427]"><img class="size-large wp-image-3296" title="Sherpa I after launch" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-flight-600x399.jpg" alt="Sherpa I on its way into a raincloud" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Sherpa I on its way into a raincloud</p>
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<div id="attachment_3295" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-livebilder.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[3427]"><img class="size-large wp-image-3295" title="Sherpa I live images" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/sherpaI-livebilder-600x399.jpg" alt="The first live images from Sherpa I" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">The first live images from Sherpa I</p>
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<p>At the observatory Lustbuehel the most exciting part has only just begun. A signal from the payload allows us to follow Sherpa I further – together with many amateur radio operators all over Austria. Also the Austrian Armed Forces, who cooperate for some years with the Austrian Space Forum, follows the balloon with their Radar “Goldhaube” (golden hat).</p>
<p>No one expects that this balloon will set a new record – its journey will take much longer than expected and take it further than ever before! Half an hour after launch, Sherpa I has reached 4km and is headed towards North. The direction never changes, but due to the heavy rain the balloon rises and falls like a rollercoaster between 2 and 4 km.</p>
<p>A preliminary maximum height is reached at the border to lower Austria with 4.8km at 14:20. At 16:00 – while over St. Poelten &#8211; it sinks again down to 2km, before it finally finds a way out of the cloud and gains height. Sherpa I also travels at a high velocity – only 45 minutes later, over Pulkau, it has risen to 10 km. Just before 17:00 it crosses the border to the Czech Republik at a height of 12km.</p>
<p>North of Dukovany at around 17:45 it reaches its final height of 20.067 km and rips apart. First it goes into a loop over a reservoir, but then the wind catches it and pulls the capsule further towards north-north-east. After nearly 7 hours the payload lands a bit west of Bruenn, where a team of the Austrian Space Forum recovers it safe and sound.</p>
<p>This mission is the longest and furthest flight of any Passepartout-balloon so far. The analysis of its data will show if <strong>Sherpa I</strong> has any other surprises up its sleeve! </p>
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		<title>MarsTweetup &#8211; first Austrian spacetweetup held during the Dachstein Mars Simulation</title>
		<link>http://blog.oewf.org/en/2012/05/marstweetup-first-austrian-spacetweetup-held-during-the-dachstein-mars-simulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>olidax</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On Saturday 28th of April 2012, 16 Mars tweeps &amp; one bear (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/SpaceHuggie" target="_blank">@SpaceHuggie</a>) from UK, Denkmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Macedonia &amp; Greece arrived in the morning with the cable car at the &#8220;Schönbergalm&#8221; (1,350 m). The weather was perfect (sunny &amp; warm) and the Mars tweeps were in really good mood. </strong></p>
<p>As organizer, I was of course a little bit stressed an anxious if the planned program worked out. It was the first Space Tweetup I was organizing for the Austria Space Forum and I planned a tight schedule, as we had the limitation of the last gondola leaving at 5:10 p.m.</p>
<p>So but why did they people came from across Europe to a small village called &#8220;Obertraun&#8221; in Austria? Well the Austrian Space Forum (OEWF) was conducting a five day Mars analog field test at the Dachstein giant ice caves and the OEWF invited 20 Space tweeps to experience live a Mars simulation. So not only the Dachstein Mars simulation was a premiere (1st Mars analog field test in caves) also a Space Tweetup was never held before in Austria.</p>
<div id="attachment_2735" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-badges-pozo.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2735" title="#marstweetup badges" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-badges-pozo-600x471.jpg" alt="MarsTweetup badge :-) (c) @katti86" width="600" height="471" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">MarsTweetup badge :-) (c) @katti86</p>
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<p>In the morning we started with a short welcome message by Gernot Groemer, OEWF board member and project lead of the Dachstein Mars simulation, and me (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/olidax" target="_blank">@olidax</a>), as I&#8217;m the Social Media Manager of the Austrian Space Forum. Then Alexander Soucek (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/orbiterra" target="_blank">@orbiterra</a>), also from the OEWF, gave a keynote about fascination space &amp; why doing analog simulations. Alexander was last year also at the Space Tweetup in Cologne and the space tweeps convinced him to join Twitter. As he didn&#8217;t tweet for several weeks, the Mars tweeps at Dachstein encouraged him to tweet again, which he did. <strong>But @orbiterra we really want to hear more from you on Twitter!</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_2744" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-zanella.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2744" title="#marstweetup tweeps" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-zanella-600x399.jpg" alt="Mars tweeps tweeting &amp; listening to keynote (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Mars tweeps tweeting &amp; listening to keynote (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)</p>
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<p>Before leaving to the cave entry for the first time, each Mars tweep just gave a short introduction so that we finally got a face &amp; real name to their Twitter nicknames.<br />
While on our way up to the cave entry (ca. 15 min uphill walk), we met the Asimov R3 rover of the Part-Time Scientists (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/ptscientists" target="_blank">@ptscientists</a>), a German Google Lunar X-Prize competitor, which first made contact to the mountain terrain. Of course we had to stop for some photos as Asimov is a really cute rover. Looking forward to see him making first wheel prints on the moon soon :-)</p>
<div id="attachment_2736" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-asimov-baptist.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2736" title="#marstweetup Asimov R3" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-asimov-baptist-600x337.jpg" alt="Mars Tweeps meeting GLXP Part-Time Scientists rover Asimov R3 (c) @JustBe74" width="600" height="337" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Mars Tweeps meeting GLXP Part-Time Scientists rover Asimov R3 (c) @JustBe74</p>
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<p>20 min later we arrived at the cave entry (we had to stop to enjoy the beautiful view ;-)). The donning of the space suit had begun and Daniel Schildhammer (suit tester), was already wearing the exoskeleton. Therefore he had some time to answer some questions of the Mars tweeps and SpaceHuggie got the chance to try the Aouda.X spacesuits hard upper torso on.</p>
<div id="attachment_2739" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-wayup-stojanovski.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2739" title="#marstweetup way up" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-wayup-stojanovski-600x399.jpg" alt="Mars tweeps on their way up to the cave (c) @martincco" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Mars tweeps on their way up to the cave (c) @martincco</p>
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<div id="attachment_2737" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-huggiaouda-baptist.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2737" title="#marstweetup SpaceHuggie meets Aouda.X " src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-huggiaouda-baptist-600x337.jpg" alt="SpaceHuggie wants to become a suittester for Aouda.X spacesuit simulator (c) @JustBe74" width="600" height="337" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">SpaceHuggie wants to become a suittester for Aouda.X spacesuit simulator (c) @JustBe74</p>
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<p>Then the Polish MAGMA White rover arrived together with the team of the WISDOM radar. WISDOM is a geo-radar which will fly 2018 on ExoMars, the European Mars rover. Both Principal Investigators explained their experiments and answered all the question of the Mars tweeps.<br />
Finally we had also the chance to see how difficult it is to put the Aouda.X hard upper torso on a suit tester, as Daniel was so kind to proceed with the next donning procedure.</p>
<div id="attachment_2746" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-magma-baptist.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2746" title="#marstweetup Magma White" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-magma-baptist-600x337.jpg" alt="Polish Magma White rover with mounted Wisdom radar (front) (c) @JustBe74" width="600" height="337" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Polish Magma White rover with mounted Wisdom radar (front) (c) @JustBe74</p>
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<p>Saturday was media day; therefore the Mars tweeps had to leave the cave entry, as the next 2-3 hours were scheduled for journalists, camera teams &amp; photographers.</p>
<div id="attachment_2745" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-donning-baptist.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2745" title="#marstweetup donning" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-donning-baptist-600x337.jpg" alt="Donning hard-upper torso of Aouda.X spacesuit simulator (c) @JustBe74" width="600" height="337" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Donning hard-upper torso of Aouda.X spacesuit simulator (c) @JustBe74</p>
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<p>So the program continued at the &#8220;schönbergalm&#8221; to get some insight in experiments. Franco Carbognani from the Italian Mars Society explained the ERAS C3 experiment, which read the Aouda.X telemetry data stream and helps to develop a software to train future (analog) simulations. Afterwards Robert Böhme from the Part-Time Scientists gave some insights into their plans winning the Google Lunar X-Prize. And of course Mars tweeps got time to post their photos &amp; tweets with the hashtag #marstweetup.</p>
<div id="attachment_2741" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-tristandome-stojanovski.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2741" title="#marstweetup Tristan dome" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-tristandome-stojanovski-600x234.jpg" alt="Entering the cave via Tristane dome (c) @martincco" width="600" height="234" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Entering the cave via Tristane dome (c) @martincco</p>
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<p>After lunch, another uphill walk to the cave was scheduled. This time we were entering the cave and see some of the experiments in action. First we came to the Tristan dome, an ice dome with a really deep cliff. On Sunday the French Cliffbot went over this steep cliff. We found the WISDOM radar, hiding in a small cavern and the MAGMA White rover at the Parsival dome. We went further down searching for the Aouda.X spacesuit simulator and found it at the King-Arthur dome with a camera team. Unfortunately, this time, Daniel didn&#8217;t have time to talk with us, but we saw how difficult it is, and for sure very exhausting, just to pick up a stone from the cave floor. Inside the cave the temperature dropped down to 0 degree Celsius, while outside it was a hot summer day.</p>
<div id="attachment_2738" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-parsival-stojanovski.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2738" title="#marstweetup group photo" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-parsival-stojanovski-600x349.jpg" alt="Mars tweeps group photo at Parsival dome inside giant ice cave (c) @martincco" width="600" height="349" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Mars tweeps group photo at Parsival dome inside giant ice cave (c) @martincco</p>
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<div id="attachment_2743" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-stone-zanella.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2743" title="#marstweetup picking stone" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-stone-zanella-600x501.jpg" alt="Suit Tester Daniel Schildhammer picking up a stone from cave floor (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)" width="600" height="501" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Suit Tester Daniel Schildhammer picking up a stone from cave floor (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)</p>
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<p>After the cave visit we made also a quick tour through our OPS (Operation), which was controlling the whole mission. With a video call to the JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab), where Aaron Noel explained us the contamination experiments and answered our questions and a call to the MDRS (Mars Desert Research Station) to the KiwiMars mission the Mars Tweetup program ended just in time.</p>
<div id="attachment_2734" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-ops-stojanovski.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2734" title="#marstweetup OPS" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-ops-stojanovski-600x399.jpg" alt="Mars tweeps visiting OPS (operations) (c) @martincco" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Mars tweeps visiting OPS (operations) for Dachstein Mars Simulation (c) @martincco</p>
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<p>But then the Mars tweeps totally surprise me. They made a poster for me, including all their signatures. Thank you very much again; I&#8217;m really happy about the poster &amp; you’ll get soon a picture from its final destination at the OEWF Spacesuit Laboratory in Innsbruck.</p>
<p>My lessons learned from the day:</p>
<ul>
<li>Location indoor was not perfect, there was not enough space for the presentations</li>
<li>The Tweetup was held at the Media day, therefore we had to make some comprises regarding the cave visit. If possible, I would like to do a Tweetup not on the Media day, to get more exclusive view behind the scenes</li>
<li>Don&#8217;t be in charge of the <a href="http://www.twitter.com/oewf" target="_blank">@oewf</a> twitter account, when you&#8217;re organizing the Tweetup ;-)</li>
<li>Organizing Tweetups is fun &amp; if you read all the tweets &amp; photos afterwards it&#8217;s absolutely worth the stress :-)</li>
<li>#spaceunites (quoting <a href="http://www.twitter.com/JustBe74" target="_blank">@JustBe74</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.twitter.com/akanel" target="_blank">@akanel</a>)</li>
</ul>
<p>This Mars Tweetup was probably the highest place a Space Tweetup ever was held (ca. 1,400 m over sea level) with the most beautiful view (embedded in an alpine landscape) and also the most exhausting one for the space tweeps.</p>
<div id="attachment_2749" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-hugging-stojanovski.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[2729]"><img class="size-large wp-image-2749" title="#marstweetup hugging" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/marstweetup-hugging-stojanovski-600x399.jpg" alt="SpaceHuggie is thanking me for organizing #marstweetup (c) @martincco" width="600" height="399" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">SpaceHuggie is thanking me for organizing #marstweetup (c) @martincco</p>
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<p>P.S.<br />
The day ended with a #beerup in the evening, but that&#8217;s a different story.</p>
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		<title>OEWF invites to the first MarsTweetup in Austria</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On 28th of April 2012, the Austrian Space Forum (OEWF) is inviting 20 Twitter followers to the Dachstein Mars simulation.</strong></p>
<p>A Tweetup is an informal gathering of people who are using the microblogging plattform Twitter. This <strong>MarsTweetup</strong> is a unique opportunity to follow live the Dachstein Mars simulation, to meet the spacesuit simulator Aouda.X and to discuss with scientist and space experts about analog missions. </p>
<p>Together with <strong>international partners</strong> the OEWF will be conducting a five-day simulation with experiments and tests in the mammoth- and giant ice cave at the Dachstein near Obertraun (Austria). Besides the Polish MarsScociety, who won with their MAGMA2 rover the University Rover Challenge in 2011, also a team of the WISDOM radar, a radar experiment from the ESA EXOMARS rover, will test their experiments at the Dachstein, there will also be a remote-science experiment with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. </p>
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<p><strong>Planned activities during the MarsTweetup:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Welcome message by OEWF Social Media Manager Olivia Haider</li>
<li>Keynote by OEWF board member A. Soucek</li>
<li>Dachstein project manager G. Groemer gives insights into Mars analog research &#038; the adventure of Mars simulations </li>
<li>Lectures and discussion rounds with scientists and ESA space experts</li>
<li>Dachstein cave tour to the simulation</li>
<li>Behind the scenes tour to the OPS (Operations = main control room) and the scientists and their experiments (e.g. Polish MarsSociety with Magma2 rover, WISDOM radar, Part-Time Scientists rover Asimov etc.)</li>
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<p><strong>Registration until 8th March 2012</strong></p>
<p>The Tweetup is for Twitter followers who are interested in space and analog simulations or who are following the oewf channel on Twitter (<a title="oewf on Twitter" href="http://www.twitter.com/oewf" target="_blank">@oewf</a>). The goal is to give MarsTweetup participants a unique opportunity to experience live a real space mission simulation, get the chance to look behind the scenes of a Mars analog field test and meet other Twitter users who are sharing the same interest.</p>
<p>Registration opens on <strong>1st March 2012 12:00 p.m CET</strong> at <a href="http://www.oewf.org/tweetup?lang=en">www.oewf.org/tweetup</a>. Space is limited to 20 participants. Participants have to cover all expenses concerning travel, board or accommodation for the MarsTweetup. </p>
<p>The official Twitter account for the MarsTweetup is <a title="oewf Twitter Account" href="http://www.twitter.com/oewf" target="_blank">@oewf</a>, the official hashtag is <strong>#marstweetup</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>MarsTweetup Venue, Location</strong></p>
<p>The <strong>MarsTweetup</strong> will take place on <strong>Saturday, 28th April 2012</strong>, at the <strong>“Schönbergalm” at 1.350 m</strong> from ca. 09:00 a.m &#8211; 05:00 p.m. (red point on the map). All particpants will be provided a work place and free WiFi. The Tweetup will be held in English and German. Tweets are welcome in any language.<br />
<strong>Environmental conditions to expect:</strong> We expect most of the snow to be gone. In the cave, temperatures will be between -2 to +2 °C and we expect a humidity of up to 100% &#8211; inside the cave it will be humid, cold and dirty. As you will be in a mountain area, please be equiped with proper shoes &#038; warm clothes.</p>
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<p><strong>Acceptance</strong><br />
The registration ends on Thursday, 8th March 2012 at 12:00 p.m CET. After the deadline, the 20 selected participants will be notified via email. All other registrants will be placed on a waiting list and get  further information via email. Acceptances are not transferable. We will keep you posted via Twitter.</p>
<p>More questions? Contact us via email at *protected email*</p>
<p><strong>Further Information:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a title="FAQ zum Tweetup" href="http://www.oewf.org/cms/about-oewf-tweetups.phtml">Tweetup FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oewf.org/tweetup?lang=en">Registration</a>  (ended on  8st March 2012, 12:00 p.m.)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.spacetweetup.org/wiki/" target="_blank">Spacetweetup Wiki</a> for European Tweetups</li>
<li><a href="http://nasatweet.com/" target="_blank">Nasatweetup Wiki</a> for NASA &amp; space related Tweetups</li>
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		<title>First European #spacetweetup in Cologne</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>On 18th September 2011 the DLR (Deutsches Luft- &amp; Raumfahrtzentrum, the german space agency) and the European Space Agency held the first European #Spacetweetup, which will be informally also known as #awesome #spacetweetup. 60 people from 13 countries were selected for this event – Olivia Haider from the Austrian Space Forum was one of them. – Read her story about an extraordinary event.</strong></p>
<blockquote class="alignright"><p>
<strong>What exactly is a #spacetweetup?</strong><br />
A tweetup is a real-life meeting of people who use the social network “Twitter”. Therefore a #spacetweetup would mean a meeting of people who are using Twitter &amp; are interested in space.</p>
<p><strong>What is Twitter?</strong><br />
Is a social network and microblogging service and allows user to send text-based post up to 140 characters, which are called tweets.</p>
<p><strong>Why do you use # characters in tweets?</strong><br />
Words like #spacetweetup are called hashtag. With a hashtag tweets can be tagged and show up on trending topics website or can be searched online.
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<p>This is must-attend event for me I thought, as I’m managing the social media strategy and tweeting for the Austrian Space Forum (OEWF). You’ll find me as <a href="http://www.twitter.com/olidax" target="_blank">@olidax</a> and the OEWF as <a href="http://www.twitter.com/oewf" target="_blank">@oewf</a> on Twitter.</p>
<p>As I looked beforehand through the people who were selected to the #spacetweetup, I was sure, this event will be a unique event with great people, which share the same passion: space.  And I wasn’t going to be disappointed.<br />
Early on Sunday morning a #spacetweetup bus picked us up &amp; brought us to the tent 101, the tweetup tent, just across the European Astronaut Center building, where also part of the training of the European Astronauts takes place.  So the chances were good, that we may encounter astronauts.<br />
After installing our devices in the tent and sending out the first tweets &amp; pictures, we rushed to the “Zulu” platform where the airbus A380 and the Sofia plane were waiting for us. It was raining like cats &amp; dogs, but it was exciting to see these impressive planes from the out- and inside.</p>
<div id="attachment_1967" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/airbus_rain.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1962]"><img class="size-large wp-image-1967 " title="Visiting A380 in rainshower" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/airbus_rain-600x450.jpg" alt="Spacetweeps visiting A380. Quite heavy rainshowers." width="600" height="450" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Spacetweeps visiting A380. Quite heavy rainshowers.</p>
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<p>On the same day, the whole area was also opened for the public for the German Aerospace Day and the first visitors waited already in a long queue for getting in the planes. The A380 doesn’t look so big from inside, I was more fascinate how many cables they need in the plane. Sofia on the other hand is absolute astonishing. A flying telescope, I’m still impressed, that they can do science while flying &amp; compensating all the turbulences etc.<br />
Back in the tweetup tent, the first thing to do is to check out the #spacetweetup timeline, grab a coffee and update your status, tweets, photos…<br />
As we had to rush through the Sofia plane, we got an additional session with Alois Himmes, the project manager of Sofia from the DLR side. And now you’ll notice a difference to other events.  Spacetweepers don’t look to the stage, where question to the Sofia telescope are answered. They seemingly ignore the presenter, they stare in their computers or other devices and listen at the same time. Some of the tweeps are translating the most important information in their native language in real-time, other post pictures or comment on tweets. A tweetup is always a multi-tasking event.</p>
<div id="attachment_1968" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/astronaut_spacetweeps.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1962]"><img class="size-large wp-image-1968 " title="Spacetweeps &amp; Astronaut" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/astronaut_spacetweeps-600x337.jpg" alt="Astronaut Drew Feustel among a spacetweetup table" width="600" height="337" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Astronaut Drew Feustel among a spacetweetup table</p>
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<p><strong>Only astronauts can bring #spacetweeps to leave their tables. </strong><br />
And we had to leave ours because Paolo Nespoli (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/astro_paolo" target="_blank">@astro_paolo</a>) and Cady Coleman (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/astro_cady" target="_blank">@astro_cady</a>) entered the stage and shared their experiences with us. It shouldn’t be the only astronauts saying hello, but more of it later.</p>
<div id="attachment_1970" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 270px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/camilla.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1962]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1970" title="Camilla with Oewf'ler" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/camilla-260x300.jpg" alt="Maria Pflug-Hofmayr &amp; Olivia Haider with Camilla mascot wearing already the Oewf pin" width="260" height="300" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Maria Pflug-Hofmayr &amp; Olivia Haider with Camilla mascot wearing already the Oewf pin</p>
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<p>During a short lunch break, I had the chance to meet Camila SDO (the NASA mascot for the Solar Dynamics Observatory <a href="http://www.twitter.com/camilla_SDO" target="_blank">@Camilla_SDO</a>) and give her an OEWF pin. Doesn’t it look nice on the yellow chicken, who is helping NASA (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/nasa" target="_blank">@NASA</a>) with education and public outreach?</p>
<p>Then #awesomeness is coming back in the tent. During group photo time @astro_paolo is back and he brings some of his colleagues with him e.g. <a href="http://www.twitter.com/astro_box" target="_blank">@astro_box</a> (Gregory Johnson), <a href="http://www.twitter.com/astroIronMike" target="_blank">@AstroIronMike</a> (Mike Fincke), <a href="http://www.twitter.com/astro_taz" target="_blank">@Astro_Taz </a>(Gregory Chamitoff), Drew Feustel ….<br />
<em>Did you notice that many of the astronauts have a twitter account?</em> And they also tweet from space. #spacetweetup is happy and becomes even more happy when the astronauts join them at their tables. I was listening to Drew Feustel – one of the few astronauts who don’t have a twitter account – taking about access to space and future of spaceflight. In his opinion every human will eventually have access to space, just like we can now fly on airplanes.  Well, we are working on that one I would say :-)</p>
<p>The afternoon just rushes by with visiting the human centrifuge at the DLR, which pull up to 4.2 g’s and more astronauts crushing the #spacetweetup, talks about Rosetta and Philea mission. Both of the mission managers are here and answer our questions. We even have #nasatweetup organizers Beth Beck (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/bethbeck" target="_blank">@bethbeck</a>) and Stephanie Schierholz (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/schierholz" target="_blank">@schierholz</a>) talking about their experiences organizing such an event. What impresses me most is, that even the 1st tweetup was a homerun. People signed up from across the state the first event (Note: for a tweetup you’ll have to take the cost of travel and housing on your own!).<br />
One of the last sessions is about Earth Observation, not an exciting topic for people who just take to astronauts you may think. Well most of them didn’t know Alexander Soucek before and he absolutely rocked in best #oewf style the stage. #spacetweeps want more of it, they tweet “get a twitter account”. ;-)</p>
<div id="attachment_1971" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/eo_asoucek.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1962]"><img class="size-large wp-image-1971 " title="Earth Observation with A. Soucek" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/eo_asoucek-600x450.jpg" alt="A. Soucek talking in OEWF style about Earth Observation" width="600" height="450" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">A. Soucek talking in OEWF style about Earth Observation</p>
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<p>While the other #spacetweeps are enjoying a visit to the European Astronaut Center (I knew that one already fairly well) I grab my stuff to leave for my flight in Frankfurt.</p>
<p><strong>My conclusion: a great job accomplished by DLR and ESA!</strong><br />
DLR and ESA did really a great job on organizing the first #spacetweetup on European soil. Having good WiFi, drinks and food during the day was a big plus. What I missed a little bit, is getting to know the other participants better. There was hardly time to network and at times, I had difficulties to identify people from their twitter accounts. Bigger badges with printed Twitter nickname and real name could help.  The German Aerospace day, was a perfect event for the first tweetup, but for the second one there should be something different especially more enthusiastic presenters or alternatively a tweetup with a real “space” event e.g.  launch of an European mission.  The mix of the people was great, from journalists to NASA employees, from real space enthusiast to ESA staff &#8211; many different backgrounds were covered. I was impressed how much the space crowds contributed also beforehand: organization individual visits, #beerups, posters, banners, filling the #spacetweetup wiki with information, helping on finding an accommodation etc.</p>
<p>It wasn’t “just” a great day it was really, really an  #awesome day and I’m looking forward to the next #spacetweetup.</p>
<div id="attachment_1972" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 610px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/grouppicture_esa.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1962]"><img class="size-large wp-image-1972 " title="Spacetweeps, staff &amp; astronauts" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/grouppicture_esa-600x398.jpg" alt="We are all space stuff!" width="600" height="398" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">We are all space stuff! Spacetweeps, organisers and astronauts! (c) ESA</p>
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<p><strong>More information:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/esa_events/sets/72157627579284353/with/6158642586/" target="_blank">Best-of #spacetweetup photos from ESA</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.monitter.com/#spacetweetup" target="_blank">all #spacetweetup tweets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://camilla-corona-sdo.blogspot.com/2011/09/esa-dlr-german-aerospace-day-september.html" target="_blank">Camilla SDO&#8217;s view of #spacetweetup</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.scilogs.de/wblogs/blog/astrogeo/raumfahrt/2011-09-19/in-der-forschung-tweepts-wohl" target="_blank">Scilogs: &#8220;In der Forschung tweepts wohl&#8221;</a></li>
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		<title>Young tyrolean space talents (incl. video!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>The OEWF and the university of Innsbruck inspire with Unicamp 2011 and &#8220;young university on tour&#8221;</h2>
<div id="attachment_1680" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Wasserraketen_Rapoldipark_Juli2011.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1723]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1680 " title="Water rockets at Rapoldipark" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Wasserraketen_Rapoldipark_Juli2011-300x183.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="183" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Water rockets at Rapoldipark: &quot;Kindergarden kids and people out for a walk are building water rockets.&quot;</p>
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<div id="attachment_1679" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Coronado_2011-08-02.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1723]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1679 " title="Sun spotting" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Coronado_2011-08-02-300x293.jpg" alt="Julia Heuritsch, who studies astronomy in Vienna and currently does an internship at the Space Forum, shows sunspots and protuberances." width="300" height="293" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Julia Heuritsch, who studies astronomy in Vienna and currently does an internship at the Space Forum, shows sunspots and protuberances.</p>
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<p><strong>Two projects follow the succesful SoMoSt initiative of the forum: In cooperation with the University of Innsbruck, Space Forum volunteers motivates hundreds of children from Innsbruck and the surrounding villages to get engaged in space science</strong>. Highlights are the traditional water rockets, dignity rover and the children&#8217;s space suits. <em>&#8220;In very close collaboration with Silvia Prock, the summer holiday projects Wipptal and Innsbruck, but also with a self standing project under the name of &#8220;Street Science&#8221; are we going to where people are&#8221;</em> explains Gernot Groemer, head of the Space Forum, <em>&#8220;This week we could showed to both kindergarden children from the Kindergarten Rapoldipark as well as some people who chanced walking by at the right time the fascination of observing the sun. Other space activities were explained as well.&#8221;</em></p>
<div id="attachment_1686" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Unicamp_meeting2011.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1723]"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1686" title="Like true space engineers" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Unicamp_meeting2011-300x145.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="145" /></a>
<p class="wp-caption-text">Like true space engineers &#8211; Youngsters at the Unicamp 2011 plan a space mission to Saturnnmoon Enceladus.</p>
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<p><strong>One highlight was certainly the university camp in July. 14 young students spent a week together with scientists of the university of Innsbruck and the Space Forum.</strong></p>
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<p>They learnt about Astrophysics and Informatics. The students could visit lectures, build solid state rockets and simulate their flights, excursions to the Planetarium in Schwaz and the observatory in Hoetting were also part of the programme. A project allowed the students to design their own mission to Saturn moon Enceladus, with specific interest in astrobiology. Enceladus, which most likely harbours a water ocean, is &#8211; next to Mars &#8211; one of the best candidates to find extraterrestrial live in our solar system.  The students produced a mission statement, perfomred some basic flight calculations, checked the costs and choose the best scientific experiments. Finally, they presented their project. Named after the italian diving pioneer &#8220;Tesei&#8221; even CAD drawings of a probe which would melt its way through the ice were part of this project.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The great thing about this collaboration with the University of Innsbruck is the fact that this is not just a one off excersice, but has been going on for more than five years now.&#8221;  so Gernot Groemer, &#8220;Over the years, we were able to combine a wide spectrum of material, test new ideas and always have a reliable partner at our side.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><strong>And who says that science isn&#8217;t fun?</strong><br />
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		<title>DESTINATION MARS: Bringing the mysteries and wonders of Mars to the general public</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>olidax</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>“Destination Mars” (“Destino Marte”, in Spanish), is the title of an exhibit which intends to show the public the importance and transcendence of the international efforts in the exploration of Mars, the red planet.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/poster_destinationmarte.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto[1611]"><img class="size-large wp-image-1612 alignright" title="Poster Destination Mars" src="http://blog.oewf.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/poster_destinationmarte-399x600.jpg" alt="Poster Destination Mars / Destino Marte" width="239" height="360" /></a>Developed by the Project for the Creation of the first Spanish Museum of Space Flight* (Project MEE), this exhibit consists of around thirty panels containing photographs and diagrams which describe the human interest in Mars, from the astronomical observations of the planet in the 19th Century to the future settlement of human bases on the Martian surface. Other items such as spacesuit cross-sections and outer layers, scale models and Mars soil simulants are also part of this exhibit which has been on display at several Spanish cities since 2006.</p>
<p>Most of the exhibit’s elements have been contributed by international space organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the Department of Space Studies at University of North Dakota (UND Aerospace), and aerospace companies such as ILC Dover and Ecliptic Enterprises. The most recent contribution to this exhibit came from the Austrian Space Forum (OEWF). It consists of materials which document this organization’s efforts in Mars Research, such as the development of the Aouda.X Mars analogue suit which has been testing in Rio Tinto (Spain) in April 2011. The OEWF’s contribution to the exhibit “Destination Mars” include a couple of samples of the Aouda.X suit outer layer, an eight-centimetre, 3D model of the suit and some video footage from the tests conducted at Rio Tinto and other locations. Thanks to those elements, the exhibit visitors in the next openings will have the chance to know about the efforts OEWF is making in the field of Mars research.</p>
<p>Although there is no dates or places officially set for the exhibit’s next opening yet, “Destination Mars” is expected to visit Northern Spain in the next Fall.</p>
<p>(*) Project MEE is an initiative conceived in 1997 in the city of Cadiz which focuses on the creation of a science, educational centre for the people to have a direct access to everything related to space science and technology. Although it has no financial help of any kind, in these years Project MEE has evolved in a very positive way. Thanks to the invaluable contribution of materials from the international aerospace community and from individuals, the collections of Project MEE have been increasing continuously. Although the Spanish Museum of Space Flight has not a physical space to show its collections in a permanent way yet, the project is working on many aspects such as document restoration, development of educational activities and collaboration with institutions, among others. Likewise, Project MEE has already become a source of information for the educational community.</p>
<p><strong>For further information:</strong><br />
Oscar A. Rodriguez Baquero<br />
Manager, Project MEE<br />
P.O. Box 2763 &#8211; E-11080 Cadiz (Spain)<br />
Website: <a href="http://www.museoespacial.es" target="_blank">www.museoespacial.es</a><br />
E-mail:*protected email*<br />
Phone: +34649316961</p>
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		<title>Yuris Night 2011 &amp; Polarstern prize award ceremony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>olidax</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>This year&#8217;s Yuris Night will be a special one. 50 years ago, on the 12th of April the young Yuri Gagarin went into space. He was the first human who circled once around the Earth and made history! This should be celebrated of course!</strong></p>
<p>Yuri Gagarin fascinated generations of people for human spaceflight. For the 3th time the Austrian Space Forum will award the &#8220;Polarstern&#8221; prize 2011 to someone, who has done extraordinary achievements  for Austrian space activities and fascinates people for space. This year the prize will be again awarded during the Yuris Night. We are curious to whom the prize will be awarded! </p>
<p><strong>Program:</strong></p>
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<li>10 a.m &#8211; 5 p.mr:  <strong>&#8220;Outer Space. The way into cosmos&#8221;; Symposium</strong><br />
Experts from astronomy and spaceflight will give insights into most recent developments of human spaceflight. Free entrance.<br />
Detailed program on <a href="http://www.der-orion.com/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=681:yurisnight&#038;catid=73:orion-termine&#038;Itemid=160#1" target="_blank">Der-Orion.com</a> (german only)</li>
<li>5:30 p.m: <strong>&#8220;Always remember Yuri Gagarin&#8221;</strong> &#8211; documentary by Christian Reiser with Walter Famler at the &#8220;Kunsthalle Wien&#8221;!
<li>from 7:30 p.m.: <strong>Yuri&#8217;s Night</strong><br />
Live broadcast of Bayern Alpha&#8217;s discussion format &#8220;Juri Gagarin: the Columbus of Space&#8221;; Polarstern prize 2011 award ceremony.</li>
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<p><strong>Location:</strong><br />
Arena21, Museumsquartier Wien</p>
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<p><strong>Involved organizations:</strong></p>
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<li>Austrian Space Forum <a href="http://www.oewf.org">www.oewf.org</a></li>
<li>Space Generation Adivsory Council (SGAC) <a href="http://www.spacegeneration.org" target="_blank">www.spacegeneration.org</a></li>
<li>European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) <a href="http://www.espi.or.at" target="_blank">www.espi.or.at</a></li>
<li>SuperNova &#8211; astronomy in TV <a href="http://www.okto.tv/supernova" target="_blank">www.okto.tv/supernova</a></li>
<li>Monochrom <a href="http://www.monochrom.at" target="_blank">www.monochrom.at</a></li>
<li>Der Orion <a href="http://www.der-orion.com" target="_blank">www.der-orion.com</a></li>
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