World Space Week is an annual event that’s held from October 4 to October 10. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly to be an international celebration of science and technology and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. World Space Week is coordinated by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs with the support of World Space Week Association, a non-government organization.
The start and end dates of World Space Week recognize the launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957; and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967.
The theme for World Space Week 2010 is “Mysteries of the Cosmos.”
Throughout history, humans have looked to the heavens and wondered about the universe and our place within it. Today, we are learning much about our universe but, with each answer comes more questions. Not only do the questions deal with the nature of the galaxies and stars, but the nature of life itself. This year World Space Week is a time to probe what we know, what it means, and what we have yet to learn about the mysteries of the cosmos.
Each year’s theme provides broad guidance to World Space Week participants on the content of their programs. The theme is selected to increase the impact of World Space Week on all humanity. Further, by using a uniform theme globally, World Space Week demonstrates unprecedented global cooperation in space. The theme is selected by the World Space Week Association Board of Directors in close coordination with the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs. Compliance with the theme is not required but is encouraged.
[phpbay]””, 100, “13902”, “”[/phpbay]
Space Travel Videos:
[tubepress mode=”tag” tagValue=”sputnik gagarin”]
Amazon.com BestSellers
| [phpzon keywords=”space travel” searchindex=”Books” num=”3″] |
Filed under: Astronomy News
(October 4-9, 2010) Lincoln Corner Karachi collaborated with Jinnah University for Women to celebrate World Space Week 2010 (WSW2010) with the theme ” Trace Space back to you”. More than 100 students from Economics Department participated daily in a week long activity @ the campus including video screening & a speaker program.
In WSW opening ceremony, LCK Coordinator presented an orientation, highlighting LCK print & electronic resources and an introduction to the thematic programs which connect people globally. He also shared that from space, we learn not only about astronomy, but we learn about Earth in many ways. As the next frontier, space offers bountiful resources of energy and materials, as well as a path for permanent human expansion off of our home planet Earth. He also provided the web-presentation of NASA CITY and NASA HOME (http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/home-and-city/home-and-city.html), sharing how space technology touched our life. He then provided an introduction of the Video “When we left Earthâ€.
Guest speaker, Mr. Arshad Hussain Siraj, Secretary, SUPARCO (Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission) provided an extensive presentation on types of satellites, space slots, past, present and future role of the SUPARCO, and practical use of space technology in building Pakistani Economy, especially with irrigation & agriculture section. In a follow-up QA session, the 2005 earth quack and 2010 flood disaster was also discussed with the help of satellite images. Students were informed how they can join SUPARCO with internships & career opportunities. The honorable secretary also distributed SUPARCO WSW info-gazette and thanked Lincoln Corner for connecting them to this audience.
The video show “When We left Earthâ€, with six episodes, each screened out daily in WSW2010, documented American human spaceflight, spanning from the first Mercury flights through the Gemini program to the Apollo moon landings, the Space Shuttle, and the construction of the International Space Station.
This week long activity provided these young women, a perspective of SPACE History, how it put an impact on our lives and connected them with local & international resources.
Not at war with China? Not a hot war, yes. But, we are definitely moving toward confrontation with that very ambitious (and still Communist) state. You may not realize it, but China is going to dominate the US economically and militarily if we don't get off dead center and realize we've been disadvantaged by their currency manipulation which allows them to dominate world trade and take jobs from the US. These are the kind of tensions which triggered World War II and if you stick your head in the sand, you will fail to realize the threat that's growing by the day.
China has no interest in cooperation in space. Their goal is to dominate the planet.
The Office of Outer Space Affairs actually has a budget of closer to $10 million — but those few million more come mostly from donors like the United States and Germany (among others), whereas the $7 million comes from the regular UN budget.