The insights from former astronaut Dr. Thomas Reiter and other experts will provide the kick-off to your studies.
Space Safety
- English
- Online/Distance
- 10 weeks
- 73 €, Discounts available
About this course
In the online course “Space Safety”, the astronaut Dr Thomas Reiter, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) and other research institutions address the subject matter, presenting possible future scenarios for space applications.
The individual course units cover an array of topics, such as space weather, space debris, collision avoidance, cyber security, and space medicine.
What you will learn
Gain an overview of space safety.
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Why this program?
The individual course units cover an array of topics, such as space weather, space debris, collision avoidance, cyber security, and space medicine. It deepens knowledge about how we can prevent satellites from colliding, how can satellites be protected from meteorite impacts, how important are satellites in today’s age, how safe are astronauts on the ISS and why does their research help mankind in general, and also what happens with space debris distributed in orbit?
Details
- Provider: Coursera
- Certificate: After successful completion of the final exam, participants will receive a certificate from Coursera and the Technical University of Munich.
- Format: Online
- Language: English
- Program Fee: 73 €
- Access Requirements: -
- Target group: People with a background in physical science and engineering, mechanical engineering, health, and research sectors and are interested in understanding the various factors influencing space safety and environment.
- Duration: 10 weeks
*Based on our experience, the German tax benefits help many of our participants to self-finance their education as these can be worth of up to 50% of tuition fees and program related travel costs. Please, consult your personal tax advisor for more details. For participants of our programs residing outside Germany this might be applicable, please check the situation with the local tax authorities in your country of residence.
TESTIMONIALS
Content
Week 1: Introduction by Thomas Reiter
Welcome to our course on Space Safety. The introduction by former astronaut Thomas Reiter will provide the kick-off to your studies.
Week 2: Introduction Space Safety
This lecture describes the three domains of space safety as a general introduction to the lecture series. It explains the origin and impact of space weather events and the fundamentals of planetary protection and then concentrates on the third domain – man-made space debris.
Week 3: Space Weather
This lecture’s objective is to provide students with a basic knowledge of space weather, how it is produced by our Sun, its most critical characteristics and how it can impact our infrastructure.
Week 4: Space Debris
Decades of launching spacecraft and upper stages have created an environment which requires understanding and counter measures. Space debris is generated by break-ups, collisions, solid rocket motor firings, reactor coolant releases, paint flakes and ejecta.
Week 5: Collision Avoidance
This lecture describes the techniques for avoiding collisions between active spacecraft and other objects orbiting the Earth.
Week 6: Planetary Defense and Asteroid Impacts
This lecture’s objective is to provide students with a basic knowledge of the concept of how to deal with potential asteroid impacts.
Week 7: SSA Centre
This lecture is about the German SSA Centre (GSSAC), looking at nearly the first 10 years of the civilian-military GSSAC from 2011 up until today and presenting its set-up as a civilian-military centre. The various interests in space are outlined by sketching out the civilian and the military perspectives on the use of space.
Week 8: Cyber Security
Cyber security deals with all aspects of security in information and communication technology (ICT), such as all technologies connected to the internet and comparable networks, and includes communication, applications, processes, and processed information based on ICT.
Week 9: Space Medicine
In this course module, you receive an adequate overview of the medical space research from experts at LMU University Hospital of Munich.
PRICING MODELS AND PACKAGES
Verified track
- Price: 73 €
- Access to course material: unlimited
- Shareable certificate upon completion: included
- Graded assignments and exams: included
Audit-Track
- Free
- Access to course material: unlimited
- Shareable certificate upon completition: not included
- Graded assignments and exams: not included
LECTURERS
Keynote Lecture
Dr. Thomas Reiter (ESA)
ESA astronaut (until 2007)
ESA Interagency Coordinator at the European Space Agency and Advisor to the Director General
Lecturer Space safety overview and Collision avoidance
Dr. Holger Krag (ESA)
Head of ESA’s Space Safety Programme Office
Lecturer Space weather
Dr. Juha-Pekka Luntama (ESA)
Head of the Space Weather Office within the European Space Agency’s space safety programme
Lecturer Space debris
Dr. Jan Siminski (ESA)
Part of ESA’s Space Debris Office
Lecturer Planetary defense and asteroid impacts
Dr. Detlef Koschny (ESA/TUM)
Part of ESA’s Planetary Defence Office
Manager for the Close-Up Imager on the ExoMars 2022 rover
Teaching position at the Chair of Astronautics of the Technical University Munich
Lecturer German SSA centre/GSSAC
Johannes Gelhaus (DLR)
Technical officer at the German Aerospace Center’s Space Administration
Lecturer Cyber and public security
Prof. Udo Helmbrecht (UniBwM)
Technical Director of the research institute CODE at the Bundeswehr University Munich
Lecturer Space medicine
Prof. Alexander Choukér (LMU)
Professor at LMU University Hospital of Munich – Department of Anaesthesiology
Prof. Peter zu Eulenburg (LMU)
Professor at LMU University Hospital of Munich – Institiute for Neuroradiology
Dr. Dominique Moser (LMU)
Research at LMU University Hospital of Munich – Department of Anaesthesiology; Translational Research – Stress and Immunity
Dr. Tobias Wöhrle (LMU)
Research at LMU University Hospital of Munich – Clinic for Anaesthesiology
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