Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
This essay is about the origin, planning and establishment of the European Space Research Organisation's (ESRO) sounding rocket base Esrange outside Kiruna in Northern Sweden. Three main questions are examined. First I show there were not just scientific and technical but also political, econom...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-32142 2023-10-09T21:43:56+02:00 Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 From föhn to feu! : The history of Esrange and the Northern Swedish spaceactivity from the turn of the century 1900 until 1966 Backman, Fredrick 2010 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32142 swe swe Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32142 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Esrange Kiruna space physics geophysics rocket engineering technology ESRO ESA northern lights aurora observatory research station Vassijaure Abisko STS history of science polar rocket base Norrland rymdverksamhet rymdfysik geofysik raket teknologi samer norrsken aurora borealis observatorium forskningsstation vetenskapsstudier vetenskapshistoria polarforskning norrskensforskning raketbas History Historia History of Ideas Idé- och lärdomshistoria History of Technology Teknikhistoria Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2010 ftumeauniv 2023-09-22T13:47:02Z This essay is about the origin, planning and establishment of the European Space Research Organisation's (ESRO) sounding rocket base Esrange outside Kiruna in Northern Sweden. Three main questions are examined. First I show there were not just scientific and technical but also political, economical as well as military reasons to build a European rocket base. Second, I scrutinize the reasons to choose Northern Sweden as the location for the rocket base. As it turns out, the main reasons were the favourable location of Northern Sweden within the aurora oval zone, the proximity of the Kiruna Geophysical Observatory, and the possibility to use a large, although not quite uninhabited, area where the launched rockets could crash. Finally, I examine the difficulty of talking about boundaries of various kinds, such as temporal, spatial and functional. The essay also provides a discussion on possible ways to continue research on this topic. Bachelor Thesis Abisko Kiruna Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Abisko ENVELOPE(18.829,18.829,68.349,68.349) Esrange ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) Kiruna Raket ENVELOPE(6.135,6.135,62.625,62.625) Vassijaure ENVELOPE(18.260,18.260,68.429,68.429) |
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Esrange Kiruna space physics geophysics rocket engineering technology ESRO ESA northern lights aurora observatory research station Vassijaure Abisko STS history of science polar rocket base Norrland rymdverksamhet rymdfysik geofysik raket teknologi samer norrsken aurora borealis observatorium forskningsstation vetenskapsstudier vetenskapshistoria polarforskning norrskensforskning raketbas History Historia History of Ideas Idé- och lärdomshistoria History of Technology Teknikhistoria |
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Esrange Kiruna space physics geophysics rocket engineering technology ESRO ESA northern lights aurora observatory research station Vassijaure Abisko STS history of science polar rocket base Norrland rymdverksamhet rymdfysik geofysik raket teknologi samer norrsken aurora borealis observatorium forskningsstation vetenskapsstudier vetenskapshistoria polarforskning norrskensforskning raketbas History Historia History of Ideas Idé- och lärdomshistoria History of Technology Teknikhistoria Backman, Fredrick Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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Esrange Kiruna space physics geophysics rocket engineering technology ESRO ESA northern lights aurora observatory research station Vassijaure Abisko STS history of science polar rocket base Norrland rymdverksamhet rymdfysik geofysik raket teknologi samer norrsken aurora borealis observatorium forskningsstation vetenskapsstudier vetenskapshistoria polarforskning norrskensforskning raketbas History Historia History of Ideas Idé- och lärdomshistoria History of Technology Teknikhistoria |
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This essay is about the origin, planning and establishment of the European Space Research Organisation's (ESRO) sounding rocket base Esrange outside Kiruna in Northern Sweden. Three main questions are examined. First I show there were not just scientific and technical but also political, economical as well as military reasons to build a European rocket base. Second, I scrutinize the reasons to choose Northern Sweden as the location for the rocket base. As it turns out, the main reasons were the favourable location of Northern Sweden within the aurora oval zone, the proximity of the Kiruna Geophysical Observatory, and the possibility to use a large, although not quite uninhabited, area where the launched rockets could crash. Finally, I examine the difficulty of talking about boundaries of various kinds, such as temporal, spatial and functional. The essay also provides a discussion on possible ways to continue research on this topic. |
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Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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från föhn till feu! : esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966 |
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Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier |
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ENVELOPE(18.829,18.829,68.349,68.349) ENVELOPE(21.117,21.117,67.883,67.883) ENVELOPE(6.135,6.135,62.625,62.625) ENVELOPE(18.260,18.260,68.429,68.429) |
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Abisko Esrange Kiruna Raket Vassijaure |
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Abisko Esrange Kiruna Raket Vassijaure |
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Abisko Kiruna Northern Sweden |
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Abisko Kiruna Northern Sweden |
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