Europlanet

Euro Planet is a project funded by the European Union four-year project that will integrate the scientific infrastructure in the fields of planetology and solar system research within Europe. Among the defined project objectives include: promoting Kollo borate ions between scientists, exchange the results on an open platform and to support new space missions. Euro Planet is intended to organize the exchange of national science projects at European level.

History

The European Planetology Network ( Euro Planet) was approved by the 6th EU Research Framework Programme and received funding from 2005 to 2008, so that it can structure research in Europe. Initially, scientists from 50 European laboratories, which were mainly involved in the Cassini-Huygens mission involved. During the four years the circle for more space projects, which led to Mars, Venus and the Comets advanced. Euro Planet aimed to unite the community of planetary scientists, conferences ( European Planetary Science Congress ) organized and to make it accessible to the scientific results to the public. Another objective was the promotion of young scientists.

In the 7th Framework Programme of the EU, the project was extended and joined in January 2009 in a second phase, the so-called Euro Planet Research Infrastructure ( RI). This brings together the networking activities and develops its own programs. At the European Planetary Science Congress ( EPSC ) in Potsdam in September 2009 the new plans were presented to the scientific community. The first visits between institutions began in 2010, which led to the establishment of working groups.

Objectives

Euro planet is to the existing possibilities of planetary scientists in Europe to merge, eg Laboratory use, institutes, space activities, publications or personnel. Researchers to obtain easier access to the different workplaces. Also information, scientific data and software should be available online.

Another feature of Euro planet is their division into "national knot". The national activities in the Planetology provide the ability to define key objectives and to exchange new ideas as well as staff. In this way, the technical requirements of the laboratories and institutions should be better coordinated. This can also be carried out in Europe via a so-called Transnational Access.

In addition, the results and experiences so that both the science, industry, space agencies and the public will be published, so much more.

Data

  • Project duration: 48 months (1 January 2009 to 31 December 2012)
  • Total budget: 7.5 million euros ( of which 6 million euros from the EU)
  • Number of contractors: 27 institutions
  • Participating countries: 16, including 13 EU members

Swell

  • Euro Planet Outreach
  • Euro Planet Research Infrastructure
  • Astronomical organization
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