The third day of the first Asgardia Space Science and Investment Congress (ASIC) focused on issues that are key to the development of the Space Nation, namely, protection of human crews in space. Tried and tested best-practices and promising new approaches were tackled, including bold ideas like hibernation, something scientists say humans should be as good at as bears

The science studying preventative treatment of space-related disorders is less than half a century old. In 1970, Soviet cosmonauts Adrian Nikolaev and Vitaliy Sevastyanov returned to Earth almost literally ‘falling apart’ after a then record-breaking 17-day orbital spaceflight. That was the turning point for cosmonaut health protection, leading to the creation of a solid scientific base in the form of the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP). 

The first-ever Asgardia National Award Ceremony became the key event of the first Asgardia Space Science and Investment Congress held in Darmstadt, Germany. ASIC’s scientific program also deserved an award — all four sessions turned out to be quite exciting. The event was also marked by, a press conference and a Gala dinner to wrap up the day.

Gold Medals of Asgardia for Outstanding Achievements in Space Exploration were awarded to Canadian astronaut and scientist Robert Thirsk, Belgian scientist Michel Gillon and famous Russian organizer of large-scale scientific projects Mark Belakovskiy.

The central event of the second day of the Asgardia’s First Space Science and Investment Congress was the awarding by the Head of the Nation of the first laureates of the national award of Asgardia. Gold medals were awarded to Canadian astronaut and scientist Robert Thirsk, Belgian scientist Michel Gillon and famous Russian organizer of large-scale scientific projects Mark Belakovskiy

The decision to award these three persons for their significant input in space research and exploration was announced on September 19 this year when the Head of Nation issued Decree №37. And today, the official ceremony took place. Asgardian Ministers Lena De Winne and Floris Wuyts introduced the awardees, who proceeded to the stage where Igor Ashurbeyli handed them medals and diplomas.

This monograph provides general characteristics of weapons and military equipment as objects of systemic study, as well as discusses military, scientific, and technological challenges to be solved within the various life cycle stages of such equipment. It outlines the basics of quality control, efficiency theory and operations research; the basics of decision-making theory, as well as optimisation goals with a comparison of alternatives for scalar and vector quality indicators; the methods of expert estimation of chosen objects. Various aspects of systemic research, conducted during the conceptualisation and development of weapons and military equipment, are described; statistical methods of processing and analysis of experimental data, including variance, regression and factor analysis methods as well as methods for research trials, are described. The system of equipment testing is described, and contents of research trials are provided. Considerable attention is paid to methods of experimental research.

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This book chronicles the development of Russia’s air and space defence technology, as well as how defence systems and arsenals are tested.

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The main development issues of Russian air and space defence technology and digital components base are discussed.

These include:

Various technology (listed in detail) essential for the development of active phased array radar (APAR)

Steps needed to take for the development of a digital components base needed to build APARs

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