ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Attila Kondacs <attila.kondacs AT gmail.com>]

2015. július 13-31. között Nógrád megyében, a Bercel Kastélyban rendezzük
meg az első három hetes Copernicus Űrkutatási és Technológiai (Space
Science and Technology) konferenciát (http://copernicus.exosphe.re/),
amelyre harminc fiatal kutatót és vállalkozót várunk a világ minden
tájáról. A téma egy önmeghajtású űrlift (Endogenously-Powered Space
Elevator) tudományos és üzleti koncepciójának kidolgozása.

A találkozó eredményeit tudományos folyóiratokban, előadásokon mutatják be
- elsőként a Seattle-ben 2015. augusztus végén megrendezésre kerülő
Nemzetközi Űrlift Konferencián (http://www.isec.org/sec/).


Copernicus <http://copernicus.exosphe.re/> is an Exosphere
<http://exosphe.re> program focused on experiential learning in science and
technology in aerospace engineering and related fields. The camp has been
designed to provide an opportunity for students to collaborate with
scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and economists in researching the
technical and economic feasibility and developing a working virtual model
of an endogenously-powered space elevator.
The 3-week program at Chateau Bercel outside Budapest, Hungary will be
comprised of participants from diverse backgrounds in science, mathematics,
engineering, and economics, ranging from recent high school graduates to
professionals in academia and the aerospace industry. It will take place
from July 13th to 31st, 2015.

Exosphere’s Copernicus Series brings Exosphere’s entrepreneurial and
experience-oriented philosophy of learning to science and technology in the
aerospace field and helps bridge the gap between research and business,
breaking down the silos of knowledge that have been built up in modern
society. Among the goals of the Copernicus Series is to provide young
people a hands-on learning experience that is directly connected to
leading-edge research in science, which is usually only available to
graduate and post-graduate students.

Exosphere’s thesis is that countless young people opt out of careers in
science and technology because science education fails to expose them to
the interesting applications of science to their life and the problems of
the world. Furthermore, careers in science have come to be attached to a
stigma concerning their earning potential, especially in traditional
academia.