Navigation Technologies – Applications, Trade-Offs and possible Transfers between Space and Ground at the Example of MOA², a novel pulsed Plasma Accelerator (original) (raw)

2014

Abstract

Technology Transfer has a long tradition in the areas of space commercialisation and high-tech products/materials. Micro-chips, alloys, solar cells and high-temperature materials are a few representative examples for the extensive knowledge transfer in these areas, which has driven a significant number of the recent technology paradigm shifts worldwide. If a company can establish itself in both the space and the commercial high-tech area, it can benefit from significant synergies, thus allowing for an unrivalled competitive advantage, coming along with substantial financial profits. Given the importance of technological progress and innovation for the functioning of our western industrial society and the growing implications of technological progress being made in space, this dissertation is bound to discuss the potential applications, the underlying trade-offs and the possible technology transfers between space and ground. Owing to the complexity of the topic it will not be possible to draw a full picture; by looking at the subject matter from three different angles however, such as:  the domains in which technology transfer takes place (communication, exploration and navigation);  the players that conduct technology transfer, all engaging a specific set of rules in their repective domain (CERN, ESA and the European Joint Research Centre); and  the examples for successful technology transfers (spin-in vs. spin-off – aerospace and automotive); it will be possible to identify the most important ‘rules of the game' that govern the technology transfer process between space and ground. Acknowledging that there is an exception to every rule, this thesis will conclude with a close look at an innovation, which has the potential to exactly change these rules of the game – MOA², the Magnetic field Oscillating Amplified Accelerator, a paradigm buster within the high-tech area, which will, as the final missing technology transfer building block, be able to close the gap in the propulsion area between aerospace and the terrestrial industrial area, thereby finally interlinking the two sectors.

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