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Stardust Reloaded

Project description

Training young researchers in cutting-edge technologies for a safer space

As satellites get smaller and easier to build, companies around the world are launching vast numbers of them into low Earth orbit. However, the amount of space debris becomes a crucial problem for maintaining space safety. The implications are significant: would an asteroid impact have devastating consequences for our planet? Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the Stardust-R project will train a new generation of scientists and engineers in enabling technologies and effective solutions to critical problems in planetary safety, minor body exploration and the sustainable use of space. Fifteen early-stage researchers will receive interdisciplinary training, which will cover mathematics, physics, computer science and aerospace engineering.

Objective

The current amount of space debris in orbit combined with the expected increase in traffic due to future mega-constallations will have an unprecedented impact on the space environment, posing a serious question on its stability and resilience to any incident or anomalous event. Although statistically less likely to occur, an asteroid impact would have devastating consequences for our planet. Thus Stardust-R will address the growing need for a sustainable exploitation of space, the resilience of the space environment, the threat and opportunities coming from asteroids and comets and the compelling need for properly trained specialists who can tackle these issues.
The key scientific objectives are: 1) to globally characterise the dynamics of objects around the Earth to define disposal solutions, 2) to correlate spatially and temporally distant events and families of debris to their parent object, 3) to quantify uncertainty in celestial mechanics to accurately predict the probability of impact and collision and quantify the resilience of space systems and environment, 4) to develop AI tools and methods for space traffic management, 5) to define a criticality index for small asteroids to identify the need for exploration/characterisation, the possibility for exploitation and the method of deflection, 6) to develop a new distribution model for small size asteroids, 7) to develop systems and algorithms to explore and land on minor bodies with autonomous nano-spacecraft.
These objectives will be achieved via 15 projects developed by 15 Early Stage Researchers who will be trained in math phyisics, computer science and aerospace engineering to provide effective solutions to make the space environment resilient, space exploitation sustainable, learn more about minor bodies and ultimately protect Earth and our space assets.

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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)

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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018

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Coordinator

UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
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€ 606 345,12
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Richmond Street 16
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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