Le Bourget and another papersession in BCN

Last week I went to "Le Bourget" in Paris with the "Verein deutscher Ingenieure" (VDI). I could have some interesting conversations about the papers I gonna present in Korea. Planning is going forward I make progress in the writing of the papers. Every week I have online or personal meetings with the co-authors of one of the papers. It is getting very busy if you write 5 papers in the same time.
Today I had a meeting with another co-auther for the paper I write together with the Community of Ariane Cities. The meeting was very successful and we could agree in the future workpackages. We set the deadline for this paper to the 6. July. Then I will report on the results.

Barcelona business meeting

Bad and good news. Unfortunately I was not accepted to get the grant that was offered by the European Space Agency. But there might still be a chance that I can participate at the IAC 2009 if the IAF accepts my application for their grant. In the meantime I continue with my paper work.
The good news are that I will have a business meeting the 1th - 6th of July in Barcelona to meet the co-authors for the the papers that stay in Barcelona. I am soon before finishing the first paper abbout model rocket days.
Last Thursday I had a video conference with Barcelona and Munich to talk about the paper: Spacenture: A plattform for space consultancy and project enabling. We made big progress but there is still a lot to before the Spacenture paper is finished.
This week I will bring the Model rocket paper to a final version before exchanging the content with my Spanish co-author, whil I work at the same time in calculating with the data I got out of the parabolic flight.

Papers accepted

All 5 papers I am working in where accepted for publication. Now I have to apply for a grant that allows me to fly to South-Korea. Crossing Fingers that it works!

Application process for IAC 2009

The International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the biggest congress in the aerospace sector. I participated last year in Glasgow. The 60th International Astronautical Congress will take place between 12 and 16 October 2009 in Daejeon, South-Korea.
I can participate if my papers are accepted and if I get the grant to finace the trip. Let's see what happens next!