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Aerodynamics links
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Rocket and hot water rocket propulsion links
Aquarius
Hot Water Propulsion Systems (PDF brochure - very
interesting)
http://www.aquarius-aerospace.de/AQUARIUS-Folder-english-2004-01.pdf
Surrey successfully demonstrate steam
micro-propulsion in-orbit
http://www.sstl.co.uk/index.php?loc=27&id=733
Rocket Propulsion (nice educational site about
rocket propulsion)
http://www.braeunig.us/space/propuls.htm
The Lithium Lorentz Force Accelerator for High
Power Space Propulsion
http://alfven.princeton.edu/projects/LiLFA_research_page.htm
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High altutude and superpressure balloons links
B.I.G. B.L.U.E.
3 (Baseline Inflatable-wing Glider, Balloon-Launched Unmanned
Experiment)
http://www.engr.uky.edu/bigblue/
NASA Scientific
Balloon Sets World Record
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=9115
ULDB "go" for
second launch to the edge of
space (Nasa high altitude balloons)
http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/uldb.htm
NASA Balloon
Working Group, Balloon Technology, June 2003 (PDF - technical data
about "Big 60" balloons)
http://lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/balloon/BWG_030630/Fairbrother_Balloon_Technology.pdf
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Opportunities for students in space research
International
Astronautical Federation Education and Outreach
http://www.iafastro.com/IAFEd/Default.htm
Space and
Science-Related Opportunities for Undergraduate Students (USA)
http://www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu/forStudents.html
European Space Agency
projects and opportunities for students
http://www.esa.int/esaED/highereducation.html
Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science Graduate Education projects (Japan)
http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/about/edu/index.shtml
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Students made satellites
University-Class Satellites:
From Marginal Utility to 'Disruptive' Research Platforms (PDF)
http://mesun4.wustl.edu/ME/faculty/mas/university_class_Smallsat2004.pdf
CubeSat Community (Cubesats are university-class
satellites built by students)
http://littonlab.atl.calpoly.edu/
Student Space Exploration and Technology Initiative (ESA
programme for satellites built by students)
http://www.esa.int/esaED/SEMFUU1A6BD_index_0.html
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Students organizations
Students for
the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS)
http://www.seds.org/
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International law and other legal links
Convention on the High Seas,
1958 (legally superseded in 1982)
http://www.un.org/law/ilc/texts/hseas.htm
Oceans and Law of the Sea
(United Nations)
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
Open Source Initiative (list
of open source licenses)
http://www.opensource.org/
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