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From February, 16 till February, 20 the Samara
State Aerospace University will be visited by one of heads of international
youth space project YES2 (the Second Satellite of Young Engineers)
Michiel Kruijff (Holland).
His first arrival to Samara has taken place in January, 2003 during
which at the Samara State Aerospace University has passed two-day
seminar - presentation of international project YES2. The basic
idea of the project which initiators are the European space agency
and firm Delta-Utec from Holland - improvement of technology of
deployment space tether systems and an estimation of an opportunity
of its use for maintenance of delivery of small capsules with low
orbits in preset area of a Earth surface. The offer to take part
in project YES2 has caused the big interest in scientists, post-graduate
students and students of SSAU.
Last year in development of these contacts:
- The fortnight Russian - European Summer Space School (the final
communique is resulted below) has been lead;
- The group of the Russian participants of project YES2 is generated
in structure of six professors and about 10 post-graduate students
and students which has executed in the initiative order an estimation
of some critical aspects of realization of the project;
- Offers on carrying out of auxiliary experiments on SV "Foton
- M" №2 which will be launched in 2005 are generated;
- The group of post-graduate students prepares for training in
Holland;
- The decision on opening at SSAU the Center of Expertise of project
YES2 is accepted (still the similar four Centers of Expertise
also open at leading universities of the Great Britain, Greece,
Italy, Germany).
Realization of project YES2 will be carried out in 2006 during carrying
out of experiments on SV "Foton - M" №3.
The Head of "YES2-Russia" group, professor Igor V.Belokonov
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