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Space Safety
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19 hours 
english
Online - Self Paced
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Technical University of Munich (TUM)
About Space Safety
How can we prevent satellites from colliding? How can satellites be protected from meteorite impacts? How important are satellites in today’s age? How safe are astronauts on the ISS and why does their research help mankind in general? What happens with space debris distributed in orbit? In the online course “Space Safety”, the astronaut Dr Thomas Reiter, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) and other research institutions address the subject matter, presenting possible future scenarios for space applications. The individual course units cover an array of topics, such as space weather, space debris, collision avoidance, cyber security and space medicine.
What You Will Learn?
- Introduction by Thomas Reiter Introduction Space Safety Space Weather Space Debris Collision Avoidance Planetary Defense and Asteroid Impacts SSA Centre Cyber Security Space Medicine.