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Introduction to Astronautics, YFT0060
Poster presentations
General conditions
Composite work for 3-5 students
Format A2, text & pictures. Electronic version highly desirable!
Text ~3500 letters with spaces.
Estonian or Russian.
Example topics
- Estonia and Estonians in space
Role of Estonia and Estonians in space exploration: history and a vision of the future
- Soft landing methods
Overview of methods and devices which provide soft landing on the planets
(with atmospheres or without it)
- Conception of a lunar base
What is needed to sustain an inhabited lunar base? Which are its goals, is it necessary
for the mankind?
- Human being far from the Earth
Problems of long-term living in deep space (interplanetary missions, inhabited planetary bases)
- Automatic soil return
Soil return missions to the Moon, the planets, asteroids etc.
- Use of gravity assist
Gravity assist techique to change orbits and to gain velocity
- Engines with very high Isp
Propulsion methods with very high specific impulse (ion propulsion, nuclear fuel etc.)
- Space race
History of the competition for the supremacy in space
- Free topic
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