Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop (CSAW) And in Germany - Towards a European Infrastructure for Lunar Observatories

We are working on Thanksgiving weekend here in the USA but there are other things going on. Canada looks up and maybe we will get to look down too.
- LRK -

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http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/events/2006/csaw.asp
Introduction

To support planning for Canada's participation in future space astronomy missions by developing science priorities and generating ideas for future space instruments and missions, the Canadian Space Agency will host the first Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop (CSAW) on Thursday and Friday, November 23 and 24, 2006, at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil, Quebec.

Recent successes for Canadian contributions to international satellite missions such as ODIN, VSOP, and FUSE, and balloon-borne experiments such as BLAST, and Canada's own astronomy satellite, the highly successful MOST telescope, have made this a fertile period in space astronomy in Canada. The future promises to be just as exciting, with guaranteed access to international space observatories such as JWST, Herschel, Planck, and ASTROSAT through active participation by Canadian astronomers and industry partners.

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And in Germany -

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http://www.astron.nl/moon/
SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP

Towards a European Infrastructure for Lunar Observatories II Bremen, November 23-24, 2006 sponsored by EADS and ASTRON

Scope of the workshop

This is the second workshop on the prospect of Lunar observatories, following the March 2005 workshop.
http://www.astron.nl/p/lunar_observatories.htm
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Hünefeldstraße 1
28199 Bremen
Germany
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Keep us posted.

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#0611
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# Nov 23 - Asteroid 1381 Danubia Occults HIP 57681 (7.9 Magnitude Star)
# Nov 23 - Asteroid 2003 YO1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.046 AU)
# Nov 23 - Asteroid 17078 Sellers Closest Approach To Earth (1.834 AU)
# Nov 23-24 - Workshop: Towards a European Infrastructure for Lunar Observatories II, Bremen, Germany
# Nov 23-24 - Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop: Creating Ideas for the Next Decade, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada Snip
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http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/events/2006/csaw.asp
Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop (CSAW)

When: November 23 – 24, 2006
Where: Canadian Space Agency
John H. Chapman Space Centre
6767 Route de l'Aéroport
Saint-Hubert, Quebec J3Y 8Y9
Telephone: (450) 926-4800

Introduction

To support planning for Canada's participation in future space astronomy missions by developing science priorities and generating ideas for future space instruments and missions, the Canadian Space Agency will host the first Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop (CSAW) on Thursday and Friday, November 23 and 24, 2006, at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil, Quebec.

Recent successes for Canadian contributions to international satellite missions such as ODIN, VSOP, and FUSE, and balloon-borne experiments such as BLAST, and Canada's own astronomy satellite, the highly successful MOST telescope, have made this a fertile period in space astronomy in Canada. The future promises to be just as exciting, with guaranteed access to international space observatories such as JWST, Herschel, Planck, and ASTROSAT through active participation by Canadian astronomers and industry partners.

Program Overview

The purpose of the first Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop is to provide a forum for astronomers, engineers, and students to exchange information, identify emerging needs and opportunities and to begin defining specific ideas for Space Astronomy missions to be carried out by the Canadian astronomical community during the next decade. This will be done in a workshop-style environment geared to facilitate discussions and to help foster the creation of teams around resulting concepts, and the participation of our international colleagues in this exercise is encouraged. The Canadian Space Agency and its partners will use the outcome of the workshop to initiate the definition of a long-term plan to promote the study and observation of the Universe from space and to establish future priorities of the Canadian Space Astronomy program.

The program is planned to comprise a mix of plenary sessions, invited talks, posters and breakout sessions. The structure and topics of the breakout sessions will take into account the nature of the ideas submitted by the astronomical community through the Call for Ideas associated with this workshop, which will help determine the final program. A dedicated poster session is also being planned, which will allow authors the opportunity to highlight current research results, describe current or near-term missions, elaborate concepts for future missions, and detail their scientific rationale.

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CANADIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
http://www.casca.ca/indexeng.html
http://www.casca.ca/indexfr.html

http://www.casca.ca/ecass/issues/2006-ss/soapbox/prez/prez.html
>From the new President ...

Up the down staircase. Do you ever get the urge when standing at the bottom of a down-bound escalator, to make a headlong rush to the top? If yes, then perhaps you are suited to a career in modern astronomy! With the growing advances world-wide, it seems that one has to run just to stand still, and it takes a mad dash to re-emerge at the top. The older one gets, the more immobilizing can be the “what ifs” borne from experience. Will my way be blocked by some down-bound traffic? What if I fatigue half-way up? Even if I reach the top, is there a support system (maybe an ambulance!) for me? To succeed, each one of us needs to keep some of the madness that comes with youthful enthusiasm, and we need to foster a new generation with the confidence to make the dash as we pass the torch. There are some indications that I am no longer youthful, but I am still perhaps sufficiently mad and unencumbered to be of some use as the CASCA President. I certainly believe passionately that ours is a great science for humanity,
in which Canada can show leadership and excel.

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http://www.astron.nl/moon/
SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP

Towards a European Infrastructure for Lunar Observatories II Bremen, November 23-24, 2006 sponsored by EADS and ASTRON

Scope of the workshop

This is the second workshop on the prospect of Lunar observatories, following the March 2005 workshop.
http://www.astron.nl/p/lunar_observatories.htm
The main goal of the workshop is to provide timely input in the programmatic discussion in preparation to the ESA Ministerial Council in 2008. This workshop is aimed both at informing the community about the current status of a European lunar observatory, and to solicit input from the community for the science – specifically related to astronomy and astrophysics – that could and should be done from the moon. Topics that have been discussed in the past range from low-frequency radio observatories to submm-wave, infrared, optical, or X-ray telescopes and particle detectors. Synergies with other experiments, e.g. with a network of seismic sensors or other detectors spread over a part of the lunar surface have also been considered.
Nonetheless new ideas are still welcome.

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Hünefeldstraße 1
28199 Bremen
Germany
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK

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