Competitions, games and prizes - tools for advanced space research

Paper number

IAC-13,E6,1,6,x19931

Author

Dr. Leopold Summerer, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Coauthor

Mr. Andres Galvez, European Space Agency (ESA), France

Coauthor

Dr. Dario Izzo, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Coauthor

Mr. Frank Salzgeber, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Coauthor

Mrs. Aude de Clercq, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Coauthor

Mr. Priel Manes, European Space Agency (ESA), The Netherlands

Year

2013

Abstract

Within the mandate of the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency, to perform, foster and monitor research on advanced concepts, techniques and working methods, the team has also experimented and used new ways of engaging with the larger scientific community.

These approaches include the use of scientific competitions, online games and scientific crowdsourcing experiments.

The present papers presents an overview and analysis of these different methods, including results obtained with them during the past 8 years.

Abstract document

IAC-13,E6,1,6,x19931.brief.pdf

Manuscript document

IAC-13,E6,1,6,x19931.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).

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