TY - CHAP A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Solar sails for near-term advanced scientific deep space missions T2 - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion N2 - Solar sails are propelled in space by reflecting solar photons off large mirroring surfaces, thereby transforming the momentum of the photons into a propulsive force. This innovative concept for low-thrust space propulsion works without any propellant and thus provides a wide range of opportunities for highenergy low-cost missions. Offering an efficient way of propulsion, solar sailcraft could close a gap in transportation options for highly demanding exploration missions within our solar system and even beyond. On December 17th, 1999, a significant step was made towards the realization of this technology: a lightweight solar sail structure with an area of 20 m × 20 m was successfully deployed on ground in a large facility at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at Cologne. The deployment from a package of 60 cm × 60 cm × 65 cm with a total mass of less than 35 kg was achieved using four extremely light-weight carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) booms with a specific mass of 100 g/m. The paper briefly reviews the basic principles of solar sails as well as the technical concept and its realization in the ground demonstration experiment, performed in close cooperation between DLR and ESA. Next possible steps are outlined. They could comprise the in-orbit demonstration of the sail deployment on the upper stage of a low-cost rocket and the verification of the propulsion concept by an autonomous and free flying solar sail in the frame of a scientific mission. It is expected that the present design could be extended to sail sizes of about (40 m)2 up to even (70 m)2 without significant mass penalty. With these areas, the maximum achievable thrust at 1 AU would range between 10 and 40 mN – comparable to some electric thrusters. Such prototype sails with a mass between 50 and 150 kg plus a micro-spacecraft of 50 to 250 kg would have a maximum acceleration in the order of 0.1 mm/s2 at 1 AU, corresponding to a maximum ∆V-capability of about 3 km/s per year. Two near/medium-term mission examples to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) will be discussed: a rendezvous mission and a sample return mission. KW - solar sail KW - low-thrust KW - near-Earth asteroid KW - sample return KW - solar system Y1 - 2003 N1 - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion. Pozzuoli, Italy, 16 - 21 June 2002. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kuhlmann, Winfried A1 - Lopez, M. A1 - Fernandez, S. T1 - Seismic vulnerability assessment of the Aachen Cathedral based on measurements and numerical simulations T2 - International Conference on Earthquake Engineering to mark 40 years from Catastrophic 1963 Skopje Earthquake, Skopje 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Konrad, M. A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bruckermann, O. T1 - Textile reinforced concrete. Part II: Multi-level modeling concept T2 - Digital proceedings / IKM 2003, proceedings 16th International Conference on the Applications of Computer Science and Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering [Elektronische Ressource : 10. - 12. Juni 2003, Weimar] / Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Ed.: K. Gürlebeck; L. Hempel; C. Könke Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - IKM CY - Weimar ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Pfeiffer, Frank T1 - Textile reinforced concrete. Part I: Process model for collaborative research and development T2 - Digital proceedings / IKM 2003, proceedings 16th International Conference on the Applications of Computer Science and Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering [Elektronische Ressource : 10. - 12. Juni 2003, Weimar] / Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Ed.: K. Gürlebeck; L. Hempel; C. Könke Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IKM CY - Weimar ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Vedral, Andreas A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Ansatz eines dienstorientierten Ad-Hoc netzwerkfähigen Bluetooth-Netzwerks mit CORBA-Schnittstelle für drahtgebundene und drahtlose Netzwerke T2 - Bluetooth : 4. Kongress, Dortmund, 29. - 30 Januar 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 13 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Einsatz von Wireless Technologien im Kraftfahrzeug T2 - Sichere Datenkommunikation im Automobil : Kongress ; 18. - 19. November 2003, Radisson SAS Hotel, Köln Y1 - 2003 SP - Getr. Zählung CY - Köln ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Ein Low-Power Bordrechner als Kommunikationsgateway für den Automotive-Bereich T2 - Bluetooth : 4. Kongress, Dortmund, 29. - 30 Januar 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Mesago Messe Frankfurt GmbH CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Wireless-Technologie - eine neue Chance für lokationsbezogene Dienste T2 - SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2003 : SPS/IPC/DRIVES/Elektrische Automatisierung - Systeme und Komponenten, Fachmesse & Kongress 25. - 27. Nov. 2003, Nürnberg ; [Tagungsband] Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-8007-2793-5 SP - 253 EP - 260 PB - VDE-Verl. CY - Berlin [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mathiak, Gerhard A1 - Plescher, Engelbert A1 - Willnecker, Rainer T1 - Parabolic flight experiments about vibrational effects on diffusion experiments T2 - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) : Bremen, 29 Sept. 2003 through 3 Oct. 2003 ; vol. 1 Y1 - 2003 SP - 4389 EP - 4396 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Finger, F. A1 - Moritz, W. A1 - Iwasaki, H. T1 - Thin-film a-Si LAPS : Preparation and pH sensitivity T2 - Eurosensors XVII : the 17th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers ; University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal, September 21 - 24, 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 88 EP - 89 ER -