Frank Jansen

THE FUTURE OF SPACECRAFT NUCLEAR PROPULSION

This paper summarizes the advantages of space nuclear power and propulsion systems. It describes the actual status of international power level dependent spacecraft nuclear propulsion missions, especially the high power EU-Russian MEGAHIT study including the Russian Megawatt-Class Nuclear Power Propulsion System, the NASA GRC project and the low and medium power EU DiPoP study. Space nuclear propulsion based mission scenarios of these studies are sketched as well.

Dedicated Cosmic Ray Measurements for Space Weather and Educational Purposes

This paper describes the Global Muon Detector Network (GMDN) data applied to Tohuku earthquake and Fukushima nuclear power plant failure. In addition the DLR_School_Lab is introduced by the display of Coronal Mass Ejections due to GMDN data and by means of the cosmic ray muon shower real time visualization on a planetarium dome. A Timepix hodoscope space based satellite is sketched.