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