Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966

• Main Author: Backman, Fredrick
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier 2010
• Subjects: 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; Raket; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32142

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...