TY - GEN
T1 - Challenges and opportunities of UNISEC-Global
AU - Kawashima, Rei
AU - Mengu, Cho
AU - Ibrahim, Mohammed Khalil
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Global University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC-Global) has been established in November 2013 with "VISION 2020-100" that aims to create a world where university students can participate in practical space projects in more than 100 countries by the end of 2020. Recently, the number of universities and countries/regions are getting interested in participating in the UNISEC activities. In this paper, the background, vision, mission, structure, implementation, local chapter and status-quo of the UNISE-Global are introduced firstly, and then merits and difficulties in establishing local chapters are described, followed by discussion on challenges and opportunities of the UNISEC-Global.
AB - The Global University Space Engineering Consortium (UNISEC-Global) has been established in November 2013 with "VISION 2020-100" that aims to create a world where university students can participate in practical space projects in more than 100 countries by the end of 2020. Recently, the number of universities and countries/regions are getting interested in participating in the UNISEC activities. In this paper, the background, vision, mission, structure, implementation, local chapter and status-quo of the UNISE-Global are introduced firstly, and then merits and difficulties in establishing local chapters are described, followed by discussion on challenges and opportunities of the UNISEC-Global.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84940202224
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
SP - 8472
EP - 8476
BT - 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014, IAC 2014
PB - International Astronautical Federation, IAF
T2 - 65th International Astronautical Congress 2014: Our World Needs Space, IAC 2014
Y2 - 29 September 2014 through 3 October 2014
ER -