Workshop 1 Outer Space Use / Knowledge / Power Power generation (1) Helium-3 –Nuclear fusion –Great reserves on Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Moon Hydrogene.

Workshop 1Workshop 1

Outer Space

Use / Knowledge / Power

Power generation (1)Power generation (1)

• Helium-3

– Nuclear fusion

– Great reserves on Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Moon

• Hydrogene

– Synthesis of water (no nuclear waste!)

– Nuclear fusion (rare isotopes D and T)

Power generation (2)Power generation (2)

• Solar power

– Solar cells in space

• black hole

– Radiation while contact with matter

→ solution of problems with fossile fuels

Military Use

Rubbish in spaceRubbish in space

• old rockets (parts)

• satellites

• Burn up while falling through atmosphere

Galileo Project

• 30 Satellites until 2010, only civil use (telecommunication, logistics, navigation), 27 Nation (EU)

• 3,3 billions € (building), 220 million €/year

• Independence of US-Systems

Inventions and discoveries

• Fuel cell

• Velcro fastener

• Weather forecast

• TV

• Hole in the ozon layers

• Micro chips

• Calculator (Apollo mission)

India (and developing countries)

• 1.13 billion people

• Unemployment 7.2 %

• Illiterate people 33%

• People below the poverty line 25%

• Living with less than 1$/day 44%

• 2.2 Billion $ invested in Space research

Pro and Contra (1)• European opinion about the undeveloped

states starting space exploration:• +• Information about climate and geographical

stuff• International space and research programs• Global balance of space use• -• Loss of power (identity / pride of nationality)• Money would be better used if it’s spent on

education and rural regions

Pro and Contra (2)• Should India (or in general developing countries) invest large

sums of money into space exploration?• +• Information about climate and harvest• Equality (why shouldn’t we?)• Safety (military and civil problems, protection against

Pakistan)• Global balance of space use• Independence (self-confidence)

– Energy resources– Knowledge– satellites

• -• money probably better used for educational/civil purposes (

many Indians can’t read or write)– infrastructure– education– against poverty food