Hypergravity theses

In the Netherlands, the ESTEC centre belonging to the ESA, European Space Agency, is equipped with a centrifuge (above photograph). This is used for submitting experiments to a gravity that is far greater than that which exists on Earth, in this instance up to 20 g (20 times the attractive force of our planet). With its “Spin Your Thesis” programme, the European Space Agency is making this equipment available to students for their thesis works. The experiment must not exceed 80 kg and time slots ranging from a few hours to several days are available. The teams of students (from member states or states associated with the European Space Agency) have to hand in their projects before 10 December 2010. The 4 experiments adopted by the selection committee will then be able to use the ESTEC centrifuge in June 2011.

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Published on 7 September 2010

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