Opening address of the cospar president to the cospar colloquium on magnetospheric research with advanced techniques
Abstract
COSPAR has been conceived at the beginning of the space era to promote space research and related applications with emphasis on the exchange of results, information, and opinions. By concentrating on data, methods, and scientific insights, COSPAR has always managed to keep clear of political interference, on the contrary, to build bridges across political barriers. After the fall of the iron curtain, the bridging function of COSPAR in the area of space research may appear to have lost importance; however, several barriers continue to exist and new challenges are emerging that need the platform offered by the COSPAR committee to bring together colleagues form East and West, from South and North, from poor and rich, and from well-established and newly entering space-faring nations. The COSPAR conference is meant as a forum for concerned space agencies, other institutions, and administration with the aim to establish closer cooperation and to learn from each other in science and applications.
- Publication:
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Magnetospheric Research with Advanced Techniques
- Pub Date:
- 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0964-2749(98)80002-4
- Bibcode:
- 1998mrat.conf....3H