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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Space technology"”.
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Experience and Viewpoints in the Social Domain of Space Technology
This thesis is about how space technology is experienced in the social domain and how its purpose is recast from different viewpoints. The author is an artist and the approach taken foregrounds qualities of experience and viewpoint in which artists have a particular investment. This approach opens …
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Exploring public-private partnerships for enhancing border security through space technology in South Africa
… in Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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Data-driven Space Economy Investment Strategy Through an Updated Commercial Space Technology Roadmap (CSTR)
The innovation and growth of the space industry over the past two decades has led experts to refer to this period as the "Second Space Race"[1]. The space market is projected to reach $1 trillion in 2030, up from just $280 billion in 2010[2]. During this growth, the landscape of the space sector …
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A performance-driven experiment framework for space technology development using the International Space Station
Space systems are inherently difficult to verify prior to launch due to the challenges of replicating the space environment through ground testing. The SPHERES testbed on the International Space Station has provided a risk-tolerant test facility for evaluating enabling technology. The operational …
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Design principles for the development of space technology maturation laboratories aboard the International Space Station
… of laboratories which utilize the International Space Station (ISS) to demonstrate the maturation of space technologies. The principles are derived from the lessons learned from more than two decades of space technology research at the MIT Space Systems Laboratory and the existence of unique …
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Investigating the impact of technology progress on the future architecture of Japanese space enterprise
Historically, the Japanese space development has been performed by the government and the national space agency. However, some key figures of merits of space technology reach a mature enough level and people begin to change their attitude to space technology. In this context, the ecosystem and the …
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The Success of Emerging Space Actors: Effective Strategies in the NewSpace Era
In an era of ubiquitous space technology, policy makers around the globe face a choice: become a space power or become obsolete. Recent armed conflicts showed the strategic importance of satellite imagery and communication enabled by commercial satellites and consequently strengthened an already …
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Space enabled smart Africa (SESA)
… systems, smart cities can be enabled through space technology to address these urbanization and other issues affecting the African region. Integrating space technology, such as communication, Earth observation, and satellite aided position timing & navigation application systems and small …
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Demand for serviced office space
… The need for global communication, enabled by technology, has been the prime catalyst to transform the traditional demand for office space from a historically inflexible asset into one that includes more flexible solutions. Serviced offices combines office space, technology and support into a …
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Optimal Reconfiguration of Thermally Distorted Wire Mesh Reflectors for Large Space Antennas
… for large aperture antennas deployed in space has not been completely resolved. This feasibility study advances an approach that represents a fundamental divergence from conventional techniques. Specifically, an underconstrained structural system in the form of a wire mesh Chebyshev net …
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A systems thinking approach to defining a space force architecture
… military's historic technical dominance in outer space. Space-enabled capabilities have become fundamental across the spectrum of military and civilian activities. The space superiority gap that the US military has held for decades is narrowing as access to space technology, and to space itself, …
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Development of a Small University Satellite for Performing a Global Survey of Gravity Waves in the Mesosphere
… including communication, navigation, space travel, weather, and climate change. However, space weather research is currently limited by a lack of essential space measurements. Access to space has not been low cost. The Illinois Observing Nanosatellite (ION) represents an innovative …
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Analysis of the supply of serviced office space
… tremendous change in the past few decades. Technology has been the prime catalyst to transform the demand for office space into a search for more flexible solutions in a historically inflexible asset. Serviced offices combine office space, technology and support into a global network of …
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Architecting Optimal (Space) Strategies: A Quantitative Framework
… Ukraine illuminated the strategic importance of space technology, making it clearly visible to nations around the globe. Space technology has become omnipresent over the past decades thanks to new technologies and lowered barriers of access to space as well as the expansion of services relying on …
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Space Radiation Assessment and Mitigation: Meeting the Growing Demand for Shielding Solutions by Enhancing Models and Exploring Novel Shielding Opportunities
<p>The rapid growth of satellite technology and the increasing presence of vulnerable technology and human life in space have highlighted the need for improved shielding materials. Industry standard protocols for shielding are being pushed to their limits as we gain a deeper understanding of the …
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Prototype for innovation nodes networked with associated laboratories : an approach to programming and master planning for Joseph C. Wilson Center for Research and Technology
… effort at the Wilson Center for Research and Technology in Webster, New York. It concerns workplace design, space and technology issues, within the business context of research and development operations. A framework is proposed for developing R&D workplace laboratories based on the analysis …
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Developing Evaluation Measures for the Second Stage Next Generation Engine on Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles
The United States has been the leading nation in space technology, as space is a vital asset in military dominance. But to sustain its position in the area of space lift, the current U.S. second stage liquid propulsion engine, the RL10 (developed in 1958) needs to be replaced. This replacement …
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Assessment of the potential for developing a micro-launcher industry in South Africa
… lowered the barriers to participating in space activities for many emerging countries, including South Africa. The rapid up-take of this facet of space technology has spurred the development of several micro-launchers dedicated to lofting small satellites to low Earth orbit. However, the …
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An Exploration into ‘noctcaelador’ in Young People of Generation Z
… that advances in astronomical research and space technology will empower future generations to reconnect with the night sky.
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Review of current radiometer technology with suggestions for future South African satellites
Given that South Africa is an emerging space nation, in a continent of emerging space nations and economies, several technologies need to be developed to progress the space program into a viable and sustainable endeavour. The three main areas of space technology are communications, navigation and …
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