It is still possible to
book your place in a summer school that's out of this world.
UniSA along with Flinders and Adelaide Universities will be hosting one of the most exciting space education events in the world when the International Space University runs its 2004 summer session (SSP 2004) from June 27 to August 27.
About 100 "students" have already registered for the program, many from the world's leading space agencies and some looking at space in ways most won't have imagined.
Just who is accountable if a satellite goes AWOL? It's these sorts of questions that will have scientists, company directors and international lawyers taking notes when the program begins.
The SSP is a nine week intensive program that covers space related issues from the technical and scientific angle and the non-technical aspects as well – space and society, space and law, satellite applications, space and knowledge management.
Held annually since 1988, this year the program will have a distinctly South Australian flavour with input from Adelaide astronaut Andy Thomas, a special field trip to Woomera to launch sounding rockets and focus study groups on just how space technologies may be used to fight droughts and check water quality.
Professor Bill Cowley, director of UniSA's Institute for Telecommunications Research, represented SA universities at a recent curriculum planning session at the home of the International Space University in Strasbourg, France. He says about 40 per cent of the academic content for the summer session would include Australian input, calling on the significant research being done in Australia in satellite technology.
One of the highlights will be an open forum with astronauts from around the world talking about their experiences of living and working in space.
For more information about the International Space University Summer Session 2004 contact Nicole Cremer on 8302 0222 or at www.ssp04adelaide.com
