Current Highlights of the German Space Physical Sciences Program
- Paper number
IAC-08.A2.1.11
- Author
Dr. Rainer Forke, DLR Bonn-Oberkassel, Germany
- Coauthor
Dr. Rainer Kuhl, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
- Year
2008
- Abstract
The implementation of new and fascinating research areas like plasma crystals and fundamental quantum physics into the program was one of the main achievements of the last decade. Besides this the attractivity of classical research themes like containerless processing of metallic samples and capillary channel flow investigations has been promoted by development of new hardware for current microgravity flight opportunities. New long-term flight opportunities on ISS became available e.g. through cooperative projects with Russia and the United States. In addition, German scientists used existing short-term flight opportunities of the German program like parabolic flights, drop tower Bremen and TEXUS sounding rockets with new and sophisticated hardware. This all together with a stringend peer evaluation led to a solid and robust Physical Sciences Program. In this paper current highlights of the program will be described with respect to the above-mentioned measures.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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