John Herbert Chapman

John Herbert Chapman ( * August 28, 1921, † 28 September 1979) from London, Ontario was a Canadian space scientists.

Life

His career began with the study of radio bettors and radio waves in the ionosphere. Later he graduated from the Master of Science and Ph.D. in physical sciences at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He then worked for several years with the Canadian research facility Defense Research Board ( DRB). 1951 Chapman was appointed to the plant Shirleys Bay Head for ionospheric research on civil-military research institute Defense Research Telecommunications Establishment ( DRTE ).

During his work in Shirleys Bay, he worked on several projects. One of his projects included the development and construction of the first Canadian satellite Alouette 1, which was launched on September 29, 1962 in space.

The DRTE had no experience with the development and construction of satellites. In this respect, the staff of the research institute under Chapman were responsible for the success of the project. The researchers and their staff had all the possible factors that could affect the satellite in space, take into account. He was appointed head of a research team commissioned by the government through the work on the project and the success of the mission, which was to explore the atmosphere and further develop the Canadian Space Program. As director of research, he published the report The Chapman Report, in which he argued for a restructuring of the Canadian space program, so that a further research was made possible effectively and efficiently. The Chapman Report is an important document to which it adheres even today for the Canadian Space Agency.

Chapman was also a member of the Academy of Sciences Royal Society of Canada and in the Committee of Space Research of the then newly founded National Research Council of Canada (NRC ). He was also Chairman of the International Union of Radio Science and the American Geophysical Union, a nonprofit organization of geophysicists.

Chapman died in 1979, ten years after his death, the Space Agency Canadian Space Agency was established -. , With the aim to coordinate all the research center. Thus Canada has been able to carry out new space projects. One of the largest and most important projects was the development and construction of the Canadarm robotic arm called the Remote Manipulator System, which applies to both the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.

Awards and honors

Chapman has received several awards for his work in the aviation and Raúmfahrttechnologie. He received his first award in 1966 by the Royal Society of Canada. In the same year he was honored by the Engineering Association Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario and the Dillinger Gold Medal from the International Union of Radio Science Association Scientists. 1967 Chapman received the awards Chree medal and prize (now Appleton Medal and Prize ) and the McCurdy of the Air and Space Agency Canadian Aeronautics and Space institution.

At the opening of the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency ( CSA) in 1992, the building was named in his honor John H. Chapman Space Centre.