Canada S Fifty Years In Space

Author : Gordon G. Shepherd,Agnes Kruchio
Publisher : Collector's Guide Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Aerospace engineers
ISBN : 1894959728

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Canada's Fifty Years in Space by Gordon G. Shepherd,Agnes Kruchio Pdf

International space science began suddenly with the creation of COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) in October, 1958, and its first plenary meeting was held in London, in November the same year. Canada was at the table for both the creation and the first plenary meeting. This book describes the parallel growth of the Canadian space science program from that date up to the 50th Anniversary of COSPAR, to be celebrated in Montreal in July 2008. This work relates the history of ground-based activity that placed Canada at the forefront of nations with knowledge of space in 1958, gained primarily through observations of the aurora borealis by optical and radar methods. By the time of the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58, Canada was well established in this research and had built its own rocket payloads. During the sixties this activity increased tenfold with the inception of the Alouette/ISIS satellite missions in 1962, and a vigorous rocket program conducted at Fort Churchill and elsewhere. After the last Defence Research Board satellite, ISIS-11, was launched in 1971 the program changed direction; the National Research Council maintained the rocket program at a lower level and space opened up for Canadian instruments on international spacecraft leading to some highly successful missions. Long overdue, the Canadian Space Agency was established in 1989 and is now leading a more mature program including Canada's first scientific mission since ISIS-11 (SCISAT-1), the Earth-observing Radarsat-1 and a strong astronaut program. The final achievement of the fifty years is a Canadian-built lidar that is part of the NASA Phoenix mission and is on its way to Mars, destined to land there in May 2008.

Author : John Krige,Angelina Long Callahan,Ashok Maharaj
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1137340916

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NASA in the World by John Krige,Angelina Long Callahan,Ashok Maharaj Pdf

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is typically thought of in national terms - as an American initiative developed specifically to compete with the Soviet Union. Yet, from its inception, NASA was mandated not only to sustain US leadership in space, but also to pursue international collaboration. Since that time, it has participated in over four thousand international projects. Drawing on unprecedented access to agency archives and personnel, this definitive study explores US-Soviet cooperation during the darkest days of the Cold War, relations with Western Europe, India, and Japan, the development of the International Space Station, and many other aspects of scientific and technological collaboration, making it a signal contribution to space studies and international diplomatic history.

Author : Barbara J. Thompson,Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy,Joseph M. Davila,Hans J. Haubold
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783211991800

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Putting the "I" in IHY by Barbara J. Thompson,Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy,Joseph M. Davila,Hans J. Haubold Pdf

Putting the “I” in IHY This book is about international cooperation. It demonstrates how the power of scienti?c imagination and investigation can bring together people form all continents in almost all countries around the globe. In presenting this impressive result, we can understand, how much unifying force the quest for understanding our universe and using outer space for that purpose have. Astronomy is far away from being a “political” area of science. But is has enormous political effects – and all of these effects are positive. This book about the international aspects and achievements of the “International Heliophysical Year (IHY) 2007” can be regarded as a compendium of the fertile impacts of conducting research in this ?eld. The main focus, as the title implicates, is the international cooperation, which has emerged from this grassroots initiative. North and South, industrialized and developing countries have been coordinating their efforts and have been learning from each other in a mutual partnership under a joint understanding of sharing the scienti?c bene?ts. Through this, trans-border networks have been created and scienti?c as well as cultural exchange took place.

Author : John Krige,Ashok Maharaj,Angela Long Callahan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137340931

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NASA in the World by John Krige,Ashok Maharaj,Angela Long Callahan Pdf

Since its inception, NASA has participated in over 4,000 international projects, yet historians have almost entirely neglected this remarkable aspect of the agency's work. This groundbreaking work is the first to trace NASA's history in a truly international context, drawing on unprecedented access to agency archives and personnel.

Author : Canniff Haight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081322786

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Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago by Canniff Haight Pdf

Author : Canniff Haight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : HARVARD:HNJY8K

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Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago by Canniff Haight Pdf

Author : Natalia Buzulukova
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128127018

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Extreme Events in Geospace by Natalia Buzulukova Pdf

Extreme Events in Geospace: Origins, Predictability, and Consequences helps deepen the understanding, description, and forecasting of the complex and inter-related phenomena of extreme space weather events. Composed of chapters written by representatives from many different institutions and fields of space research, the book offers discussions ranging from definitions and historical knowledge to operational issues and methods of analysis. Given that extremes in ionizing radiation, ionospheric irregularities, and geomagnetically induced currents may have the potential to disrupt our technologies or pose danger to human health, it is increasingly important to synthesize the information available on not only those consequences but also the origins and predictability of such events. Extreme Events in Geospace: Origins, Predictability, and Consequences is a valuable source for providing the latest research for geophysicists and space weather scientists, as well as industries impacted by space weather events, including GNSS satellites and radio communication, power grids, aviation, and human spaceflight. The list of first/second authors includes M. Hapgood, N. Gopalswamy, K.D. Leka, G. Barnes, Yu. Yermolaev, P. Riley, S. Sharma, G. Lakhina, B. Tsurutani, C. Ngwira, A. Pulkkinen, J. Love, P. Bedrosian, N. Buzulukova, M. Sitnov, W. Denig, M. Panasyuk, R. Hajra, D. Ferguson, S. Lai, L. Narici, K. Tobiska, G. Gapirov, A. Mannucci, T. Fuller-Rowell, X. Yue, G. Crowley, R. Redmon, V. Airapetian, D. Boteler, M. MacAlester, S. Worman, D. Neudegg, and M. Ishii. Helps to define extremes in space weather and describes existing methods of analysis Discusses current scientific understanding of these events and outlines future challenges Considers the ways in which space weather may affect daily life Demonstrates deep connections between astrophysics, heliophysics, and space weather applications, including a discussion of extreme space weather events from the past Examines national and space policy issues concerning space weather in Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Author : Mark Goddard
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491797587

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Three Years Lost in Space by Mark Goddard Pdf

Mark Goddard, the author of To Space and Back, looks back fifty years to the three years he spent on Lost in Space. This book reveals the personal thoughts and memories of the author, Mark Goddard in relation to various aspects of the Jupiter 2, costuming and the cast. Thirty-one selected episodes of the series are written in a unique way by both the "real" Mark and his "reel" character, Don West. This book has been written especially with the loyal fans of Lost in Space in mind.

Author : Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Americanos. Congreso,Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez
Publisher : Univ Santiago de Compostela
Page : 904 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 8497502574

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Fifty Years of English Studies in Spain (1952-2002) by Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Americanos. Congreso,Ignacio M. Palacios Martínez Pdf

Author : Jocelyn Wills
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773550490

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Tug of War by Jocelyn Wills Pdf

Selling Earth observation satellites on their abilities to predict and limit adverse environmental change, politicians, business leaders, the media, and technology enthusiasts have spent sixty years arguing that space exploration can create a more peaceful, prosperous world. Capitalist states have also socialized the risk and privatized the profits of the commercial space industry by convincing taxpayers to fund surveillance technologies as necessary components of sovereignty, freedom, and democracy. Jocelyn Wills’s Tug of War reminds us that colonizing the cosmos has not only accelerated the arms race but also encouraged government contractors to compete for the military and commercial spoils of surveillance. Although Canadians prefer to celebrate their role as purveyors of peaceful space applications, Canada has played a pivotal part in the expansion of neoliberal policies and surveillance networks that now encircle the globe, primarily as a political ally of the United States and component supplier for its military-industrial complex. Tracing the forty-five-year history of Canada’s largest space company – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) – through the lens of surveillance studies and a trove of oral history transcripts, government documents, trade journals, and other sources, Wills places capitalism’s imperial ambitions squarely at the centre of Canada-US relations and the privatization of the Canadian political economy. Tug of War confronts the mythic lure of technological progress and the ways in which those who profess little interest in war rationalize their leap into military contracting by avoiding the moral and political implications of their work.

Author : Chris Gainor
Publisher : Folklore Pub.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 189486459X

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Canada in Space by Chris Gainor Pdf

Canadians have always had a pioneering spirit. We've explored our country and our planet, and now we're exploring space. Read more about Canada's amazing contributions to space research and discovery: - The development of the Canadarm and Canadarm2, essential tools for the space shuttle program - The Alouette I ionospheric research satellite, the first satellite ever built outside of the US and USSR to make it into orbit - James Chamberlin and Owen Maynard, who went from the collapse of Avro to engineering key components for NASA's Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs - The birth of Canada's commercial satellite industry with the Canadian launch of the world's first communications satellite - Robotic technology developed in Canada that helped the shuttle program return to flight in 2005 - Dr. Gerry Bull, the Canadian defence scientist who spearheaded the High Altitude Research Project which studied the use of cannons to launch satellites in the 1960s - Ionospheric research by Canadian scientists to help improve radio communications in the far north - Julie Payette and Chris Hadfield's part in the construction and research work on the International Space Station - Marc Garneau, the head of Canada's space program, who is setting his sights on Canadian technology and a mission to Mars. And more...

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1091211025

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Canada in Space by Anonim Pdf

Canadians have always had a pioneering spirit. We've explored our country and our planet, and now we're exploring space. Read more about Canada's amazing contributions to space research and discovery: • The development of the Canadarm and Canadarm2, essential tools for the space shuttle program • The Alouette I ionospheric research satellite, the first satellite ever built outside of the US and USSR to make it into orbit • James Chamberlin and Owen Maynard, who went from the collapse of Avro to engineering key components for NASA's Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs • The birth of Canada's commercial satellite industry with the Canadian launch of the world's first communications satellite • Robotic technology developed in Canada that helped the shuttle program return to flight in 2005 • Dr. Gerry Bull, the Canadian defence scientist who spearheaded the High Altitude Research Project which studied the use of cannons to launch satellites in the 1960s • Ionospheric research by Canadian scientists to help improve radio communications in the far north • Julie Payette and Chris Hadfield's part in the construction and research work on the International Space Station • Marc Garneau, the head of Canada's space program, who is setting his sights on Canadian technology and a mission to Mars. And more...

Author : Andrew B. Godefroy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319401058

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The Canadian Space Program by Andrew B. Godefroy Pdf

Canada’s space efforts from its origins towards the end of the Second World War through to its participation in the ISS today are revealed in full in this complete and carefully researched history. Employing recently declassified archives and many never previously used sources, author Andrew B. Godefroy explains the history of the program through its policy and many fascinating projects. He assesses its effectiveness as a major partner in both US and international space programs, examines its current national priorities and capabilities, and outlines the country’s plans for the future. Despite being the third nation to launch a satellite into space after the Soviet Union and the United States; being a major partner in the US space shuttle program with the iconic Canadarm; being an international leader in the development of space robotics; and acting as one of the five major partners in the ISS, the Canadian Space Program remains one of the least well-known national efforts of the space age. This book attempts to shed a clearer light on the progress made by the CSA thus far, with more ambitious goals ahead. Technical information, diagrams, glossaries, a chronology, and extensive notes on sources are also included in this volume.

Author : John Melady
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459703094

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Canadians in Space by John Melady Pdf

In 1984, Marc Garneau became Canadas first astronaut and a national hero. Since then, seven of his fellow citizens have followed in his footsteps, many more than once. This book was written as a twenty-fifth anniversary tribute to these brave men and women who defied tremendous odds, risked their lives, and soared from Earth on sheets of flame.

Author : Erik Bergaust
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015000917420

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The Next Fifty Years in Space by Erik Bergaust Pdf