Dr. Ingemar Skoog joins PolAres STAB
As one of the most important programme quality assurance measures, the "Science and Technology Advisory Board" is an external consultancy body to the PolAres management. Effective of January 2009, we welcome a new team member in this senior group, Dr. Ingemar Skoog, who has a long and impressiv track record in life support systems.
Dr. Skoog, born in Sweden, was the industrial project manager for the EVA200 suit project, Europe's only effort of developing a spacesuit for the Hermes programme in the early 90ties. He was the programme manager at Astrium GmbH in Friedrichshafen, Germany between 1986 and 1994. During this period he enjoyed a close working relationship with Russia and Zvesda which culminated in a joint development effort not only for the Hermes spaceglider extravehicular mobility suit but also the Mir 2, later ISS. He authored many technical articles, but might be best known for his publication on russian spacesuits which is one of the authorative sources for eastern spacesuit developments. He has several decades of experience with life support systemn for human spaceflight activities.
"Dr. Skoog is an excellent addition to the advisory board" comments Gernot Groemer, member of the PolAres Programme Management "and will certainly give a boost to the Aouda suit development team. His outstanding track record in suit life support systems, his professional network and management experience will be of great value to the programme - we are very much looking forward to a fruitful collaboration."
PolAres Schedule Update
Between 01 - 28. February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other.
This field mission is supported by the Ibn-Battuta-Center at the University of Marrakesh, Morocco. The Austrian Space Forum now solicitates proposals to be reviewed by a selection panel. The deadline for submissions is 15. June 2012, the announcement of the successful experiments will be released on 15. July 2012.
Detail
The analysis of Mars analogue environments on Earth is of paramount importance for the interpretation of the data from past, present and future orbital and landed missions, as well as mission planning (both robotic and human). Sedimentary environments in particular attract strong interest because they can retain the palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental history of the planet and under the right conditions may harbour fossil or present life signatures.
Date: 25. - 27. October 2012
Location: Conference Centre of the Hotel Meridien N'Fis at Marrakech, Morocco Organization: European Space Agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, International Association of Sedimentologits, Ibn Battuta Centre, IRSPS, Universite Cadi Ayyad.
Between 01 - 28. February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other.
