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| Airships as Stratospheric Observatories |
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Seminar Title |
Airships as Stratospheric Observatories |
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Speaker: |
Dr.Steven Lord |
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Affiliation: |
( The SETI Institute (CAS Visiting International Senior Scientist) |
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Friday morning , Nov. 7th, 10:30 a.m |
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Where: |
Room 619, Office Block, 2 West Beijing Road (PMO, CAS) |
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Welcome to Attend |
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( PMO Academic Committee & Academic Circulating committee) |
| | Abstract Since the 18th Century airships (mechanically propelled balloon platforms) have been lofted to great heights for practical applications: travel, reconnaissance, and scientific exploration. Today's airships are potentially amenable for use as stratospheric platforms both for down-looking (earth science resource and pollution monitoring) and up-looking (as a stratospheric platforms for space science). Such astronomical platforms may be motored or tethered and may be retractable or expendable. Dr. Lord will talk about a recent Keck Institute for Space Science Study on the subject. Within the talk he will contrast stratospheric advantages of airships with those of NASA's SOFIA Observatory. |
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Copyright？ Purple Mountain Observatory, CAS, No.10 Yuanhua Road, Qixia District, Nanjing 210023, China
Phone: 0086 25 8333 2000 Fax: 8333 2091 http://english.pmo.cas.cn |
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