2013 International Astronautical Congress Student Paper ...

1. Introduction

Organised by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC) is the world?s largest astronautics/space engineering conference. ?As part of each IAC, there is a student paper competition (the E2.1 Student Conference) with prizes for best papers/presentation. Papers may be on any subject related to space sciences, industry or technology and must be the work of the author(s) (no more than two students).

There are two categories: a) Undergraduate b) Postgraduate. For both categories, there is an age limit ? entrants must have been no more that 28 on 1 January 2013. For the IAC2013 in Beijing, the selection of the two UK entrants will be carried out by the British Interplanetary Society Space Education and Outreach Committee (BIS-SEOC). This process will extend until after the main IAC abstract submission activity (deadline 21 February 2013) to allow undergraduate students to make as much progress as possible on their project work before the selection takes place.

Please note that abstracts already submitted/accepted for other IAC2013 sessions may not be submitted for this competition.

2. Process

To enter, all that is required is for students to email a one-page abstract to Prof Chris Welch, BIS-SEOC IAC Competition Co-ordinator by the deadline given below. Once the abstract has been received, the student supervisor will be emailed to confirm their support for the entry. The format of the abstract should be:

Student Name

Student Age on 1 January 2013:

Affiliation

Student Email

Category (UG or PG)

Paper Title

Supervisor Name

Supervisor Email

Abstract

Important

1. The information above and the abstract text itself should be submitted in the body of the email NOT as an attachment of any sort. Any abstracts submitted as attachments will be rejected.
2. Since the abstracts will be rendered anonymous before shortlisting, do not include any identifying information in the abstract text.

Once all the abstracts have been submitted, a shortlist will be drawn up and the finalists will invited to the BIS in London to present their work and a winner and runner-up selected in each category (please note that the BIS is unable to pay travelling expenses for attending the final selection). The winner in each category will represent the UK in the student paper competition at IAC2013.

3. Timetable

Saturday 23 February 2013	Call for Abstracts
Friday 5 April 2013	Deadline for submission of abstracts
Friday 3 May 2013	Notification of shortlisted finalists
Wednesday 22 May 2013	Finalist presentations at BIS HQ ? Winners and runners-up selected

4. Attendance at IAC2013

Entry into the UK selection will be taken to indicate agreement to represent the UK at IAC2013, if selected. Winners are responsible for making their own arrangements to attend IAC2013. Each of the two prize winners will be presented with a cheque for GBP 600 at IAC2013 in Beijing after the student competition has taken place.

5. Queries

Please email any queries to Prof Chris Welch (chris.welch@isunet.edu).

Be sociable; support the BIS!

Source: http://www.bis-space.com/2013/02/19/9003/2013-international-astronautical-congress-student-paper-competition-uk-selection

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Cond? Nast Reveals Investment In Jewellery Startup, As Media Scrambles For New Revenues

In yet another an indication that big media powerhouses are starting to refocus their businesses on driving new models like commerce, publishing giant Cond? Nast has made what is understood to be its first investment in an e-commerce startup in Europe. Cond? Nast Germany has invested in Ren?Sim, one of Europe?s first online jewellers in the luxury category. The premium publisher, best known for titles like Vogue magazine, said it had actually owned shares in the company since 2011, but has now raised its stake to 46% in a capital increase. Cond? Nast already owns Reddit, although this is a publishing play, not e-commerce.

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Gas prices at 4-month high after 32 days of increases

Gas prices have been climbing at a rapid pace, with 32 straight days of increases culminating in a four-month high. The national average for a gallon of regular gas is now $3.73. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News

U.S. gas prices have hit a four-month high with 32 straight days of increases at the pump bringing misery to spring breakers and job hunters.

The Automobile Association of America said Monday that the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.73 -- 43 cents more than a month ago -- with prices topping $4 in California and Hawaii.

"It's become the perfect storm," AAA spokeswoman Nancy White said.

White and other experts blamed a series of factors for the uptick that started in mid-January:

-- Some refineries are switching over from winter to summer fuel, which is more expensive to produce.

-- A Hess refinery in New Jersey that supplies 7.5 percent of the Northeast's gas is closing.

-- Midwinter maintenance has led some refineries to go offline temporarily.

-- Demand for gas is up, fueled in part by the return of more people to working.

The price hikes come at a bad time, however, for Americans who are still out of work or facing smaller paychecks because of higher payroll taxes.

"Try the bad gas prices while trying to find a job," one unemployed driver vented on the Facebook page for GasBuddy.com, which tracks fuel prices around the nation.

Patrick DeHaan, an analyst with the website, said many cities have seen increases of 8 cents to 20 cents in just the past week. "This is what we usually see in late winter, early spring, but prices have started to rally two months earlier than usual," he said.

He said his firm's unscientific user surveys suggest that the pinch at the pump could lead to less travel over spring break in March and April and changes in plans for Memorial Day and even the summer.

"There are people predicting that it will go over $5 a gallon," DeHaan said. "I don't believe that's possible, but it shows how concerned motorists are."

On the Facebook page, many posters were worried that the rise in gas prices could cause an economic meltdown.

"When you raise prices on gas people will stop spending money because they need to get back and forth to work and pay their bills each month," one wrote.

"If it's this high right now, imagine what it's gonna be here in a few months!" another fretted.

White of AAA said that based on historical trends, prices will likely continue to rise into the warmer months and driving season, but not at the same pace they did in 2011 and 2012, when developments in Libya and Iran caused big spikes.

"That is not so much part of the picture right now," she said. "But that could change should something else happen overseas."

This story was originally published on Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:24 PM EST

Source: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/18/17005861-gas-prices-at-four-month-high-after-32-days-of-hikes-at-the-pump?lite

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Troubled singer Mindy McCready dead in apparent suicide

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Country music star Mindy McCready, whose albums include "Ten Thousand Angels" and "If I Don't Stay the Night," was found dead on Sunday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, an Arkansas sheriff said. She was 37.

McCready's body was found on the porch of a house in Heber Springs, Arkansas, on Sunday afternoon. She was pronounced dead at the scene "from what appears to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

Deputies had been dispatched to the area following reports of "shots fired," the sheriff's office said, adding that McCready's family had been notified.

Florida-born McCready moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to break into the country music business at the age of 18, according to allmusic.com.

She achieved early success with her 1996 debut album, "Ten Thousands Angels," which sold a reported 2 million copies. Four other studio albums followed.

While successful in her career, McCready's personal life had began to unravel in recent years.

In 2004 she was convicted of prescription drug fraud and placed on parole. Three years later she spent time in jail for violating her parole terms.

The sheriff's office said McCready's body would be taken to the Arkansas State Crime Lab for an autopsy, adding that "the matter will be fully investigated."

(Writing by Tim Gaynor in Phoenix; Additional reporting by James B. Kelleher in Chicago; Editing by Eric Beech)

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Girl Scouts Go Mobile With Cookie App

Girl Scout cookie sales have gone high-tech with a new cookie finder app for iPhone and Android devices.

The free app allows cookie aficionados to find the nearest cookie booth and meet the 16 cookie varieties for sale. It also provides tips on how to interact with the Girl Scouts.

The $790 million Girl Scout cookie operation, the largest girl-led business in the world, allows potential buyers to search for the nearest cookie booths on its website. Amanada Hamaker, manager of product sales, said the app was a "natural extension."

"This is important, because according to consumer surveys, the No. 1 reason cited for not purchasing Girl Scout Cookies is potential consumers don't encounter a Girl Scout during the local sales period," Hamaker told ABCNews.com.

The app requires only a few clicks before cookie lovers are put in touch with a list of the nearest places to buy Thin Mints, Samoas or whatever other cookies they're craving.

Locations can be found using a smartphone's built-in GPS or by entering a ZIP code. Cookie shoppers should indicate how far they're willing to travel and when they want to buy their favorite cookies.

The app allows users to sort through the search results by location and date.

The annual cookie sale is designed to teach girls skills including goal setting, decision making, money management, business ethics and people skills, according to the organization.

The core values of the cookie sale aren't lost in the app, which also offers tips on how to do business with a Girl Scout.

"Please don't call me cute," one tip says. "We're learning how to run a business. We want you to buy cookies because you want them and respect what we're learning, not because of our nice haircut or uniform."

And for cookie-lovers looking to venture beyond the ever-popular Thin Mints, the app encourages them to ask about the cookie inventory.

"We have a lot of cookies to tell you about," the app says.

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Leaked photo of Apple iPhone 5S motherboard shows quad-core A7 processor

1. Droiddoes posted on 1 hour ago 8 11

LOL @ apple still playing catch up. As soon as that...thing....launches it will be obsolete just like all the other novelty crap apple suckers people into buying.

5. betterThanS4 posted on 1 hour ago 3 10

its a lot better than what the s4 will bring... from the looks of it the s4 will have the snapdragon 600 which the LG optimus pro will have been out. meanwhile the iphone will have 4 quad based. and a killer gpu unlike that bs pos adreno.

9. PhoneArenaUser posted on 1 hour ago 6 2

No it is not better because it is FAKE!

http://twitpic.com/c4w3vv/full

16. PhoneArenaUser posted on 1 hour ago 2 2

Fake: http://goo.gl/w0d30

19. betterThanS4 posted on 56 min ago 1 5

sh33ps in denial and please tell me if there is any gpu in any android that will come out this year that can beat this... unlikely especially the s4 with crapdragon adreno 320 Hahahaha

28. JojoGo101 posted on 37 min ago 3 1

Woah. Why do you people with somewhat primitive and inferior minds argue and insult things for basically stupid reasons? Your just jealous. Know your place, little kid.Next time when your CEO of Samsung or Apple, then you can say Crapdragon. PS: Snapdragon's CPUs' is by far MUCH better than Apple chips. f**king stupid fanboy. Pisses me off..

29. PhenomFaz posted on 37 min ago 1 0

Not to troll or hate on your comment but the S4 will have the Exynos 5 Octa chip in Europe so I guess that negates the S600 disadvantage which the Optimus G Pro has except for in the States where S4 may launch with the Snapdragon but thats highly unlikely as Exynos now comes with support for LTE :)

Secondly if Apple has pushed the bar thiss much then itts really good because competitio creates better products but again this is highly unlikely as 5S is an incremental upgrade and Apple iPhone 6 or the larger 4.8 inch iPhone Math which releases 2014 start could have this processor as it will be a whole new line of product. If 5S superceedes the iP5 by this much then it shows Apple has become desperate to launch A-grade next-gen components in their incremental upgrades instead of flagships therefore causing the flagships to lose their brand value and worth.

Just saying...

31. Berzerk000 posted on 31 min ago 1 0

The Galaxy S4 will definitely not have the Snapdragon 600; no way Samsung would deviate from their Exynos chips unless they had to, which they did for LTE, but now compatibility issues for LTE and Exynos are gone, so that won't happen again. The GS4 will most likely have the Exynos 5 Octa with a PowerVR SGX544MP3 GPU, though I hope the GPU part is wrong and they go with Mali-T678.

Also, Adreno 320 is the 3rd best GPU on the market right now, only falling behind the PowerVR SGX554MP4 and the Mali-T604, both of which are only found it tablets with extremely high resolutions. The Adreno 320 has very impressive power for being available in a phone.

33. darkkjedii posted on 10 min ago 0 1

Can't wait to get my 5S or math

35. gmracer1 posted on 5 min ago 0 0

betterThanS4 is just another trolling fanboy...........................in denial.

6. G14xT posted on 1 hour ago 2 5

Says the one who apparently worships Motorola's crap phones. The iPhone works for me, mainly because again, it just WORKS, and the battery will last a single charge on moderate to heavy use through the entire day. Couldn't say the same for the Galaxy S III I had for just under a month...

11. Droiddoes posted on 1 hour ago 6 3

"It just WORKS!!!!!!11!!!!!!1!!1"

LMAO. How many patches did they releas last week to fix what "just works" on the iphone again? refresh my memory.
Also how is apple maps treating you? You know apple maps right? That program apple built that STILL doesn't work? Oh yeah and the "do not disturb feature" that they never fixed?

LOL

18. PhoneArenaUser posted on 57 min ago 1 2

For some reasons last week PhoneArena.com didn't announced about few important security bugs in iOS while about this bugs was talking majority other websites.

21. rusticguy posted on 52 min ago 0 0

But it still just works. PATCHES a few things and BREAKS a few more ... so it just works ... no more and no less .. remember now HW designer guy is looking after SW also so what more do you expect? Poor fellow is busy decorating his 17 milion home that he bought ... but they are still not able to fix the MS Exchange issue so yea it still just works :D

20. ardent1 posted on 55 min ago 1 3

It's not uncommon for iBashers to hate Apple products. However, the iPhones remain the best selling smartphones for those on expensive 2-year contracts.

If you want an android product, they go for as little as $40 to $70. Just wait for Virgin Mobile to have a sale or just walk into any WalMart.

Android devices sell well because they are cheap products.

These are basic facts.

23. rusticguy posted on 50 min ago 2 1

Huh .... and still SIII closed in on Web Traffic on chichitata bata right? C'mon get over that "Sells because it's cheap" idea ... :)

32. Berzerk000 posted on 10 min ago 1 0

I see many more high end Android devices in people's hands than low end. I know about... 4 people who have cheap/low end Android phones, and the rest I've seen have high end phones like the Razr line and Galaxy S2 and 3. I've even spotted a few Note II's and a DNA.

Actually, I've seen more people buy older iPhone's because they're cheap now than cheap Android phones. The iPhone 4/4S dropped in price (the 4 being practically free), and I've seen a lot more of them lately than iPhone 5's. Come to think of it, I only know 2 people with an iPhone 5, and haven't seen any outside of that.

34. quakan posted on 5 min ago 0 0

@Droiddoes Dude you have been letting that green Android robot pound you out for way too long. Stop trolling so much before you wind up looking like this:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MnRU6I12IGI/TkycU0UyVtI/AAAAAAAAPrU/aPCjrTBGeGo/s1600/troll+wishnik.jpg

2. Birds posted on 1 hour ago 6 0

I may get some thumbs down for this but I don't care..I hope apple knows that will all that processing power, it can easily manage live notifying icons instead of the static one. In fact, IOS is in serious need of an overhaul especially for the iPad.....I hope the next set of apple devices are so cutting edge they fit the price....

3. PhoneArenaUser posted on 1 hour ago 6 2

Why need quad-core CPU if iOS even don't have a multitasking...

12. Droiddoes posted on 1 hour ago 5 4

Exactly. I didn't know a glorified app launcher needs 4 cores to run it LOL

22. ardent1 posted on 50 min ago 0 4

Why are cheap android devices acceptable as app launchers, but expensive iPhones aren't acceptable as app launchers?

Btw, MS-Dos, Windows 3.1, Windows-95, Windows XP, Windows Vista are also examples of app launchers on my PC.

People who understand computers knows that an OS launches apps.

26. PhoneArenaUser posted on 45 min ago 1 1

You can call it as you wish, but the fact is that Android has multitasking while iOS not. :)

24. rusticguy posted on 48 min ago 0 0

Because that's huge innovation ... of 2013 :D

4. AamirSIII posted on 1 hour ago 1 6

the most controversial thing about apple devices is that the apple logo on their chips is actually printed by Samsung...

7. betterThanS4 posted on 1 hour ago 2 8

does it matter? apple is going to wipe the floor with the s4 with this gpu

14. Droiddoes posted on 1 hour ago 2 2

LOL. apple fanatics for the most part couldn't give less of a sh*t about hardware specs and couldn't even tell you what a processor does/is. All they care about is that shiny apple logo so they can fit in with the other teeny boppers, soccer moms, and suburban kids.

8. Nathan_ingx posted on 1 hour ago 2 0

Why upgrade?
Isn't iOS and the iPhone absolute?? /s

10. datsyuk posted on 1 hour ago 3 1

I don't like Apple by any means or the iPhone and am a fan of the Galaxy series but all of you saying it's catching up on the hardware end are just stupid. The GPUs used in the iPhones and iPads are top notch and perform amazing. The OS itself however sure, it's playing catch up lol. The PowerVR quad-core SGX554MP4 GPU is going to absolutely DESTROY anything that's thrown at it on a phone. I really hope the S4 doesn't use the new Snapdragon chipsets and uses the Exynos Octa which has the slightly older PowerVR GPU. Even the older PowerVR GPU will perform awesome imo.

15. Droiddoes posted on 1 hour ago 4 0

In fairness it's not like they actually have much to run or manage. ios is just a glorified app launcher.

13. Tsoliades posted on 1 hour ago 1 0

This looks like a killer chip. Apple makes ridiculously good hardware. If I needed this much power and liked iOS more, I'd love the iPhone.

17. Fallout09 posted on 1 hour ago 1 1

Can someone say overkill? The app laucher (IOS) is just that.... an app launcher and will not see any benifit from this processor. Gaming you say? On a 4inch screen?

25. rusticguy posted on 45 min ago 0 0

OMG A7 will allow that ... touch gesture no more needed ... Just blow over the screen and pages will scroll , phone will un lock, make calls etc etc ... wind power put to use as a gesture ... soon :)

30. darac posted on 36 min ago 0 1

Well since iPhone 5 is already smooth and fast enough, let's hope Apple needs this processor to finally allow for true multitasking, live wallpapers and widgets :p

Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Leaked-photo-of-Apple-iPhone-5S-motherboard-shows-quad-core-A7-processor_id39917

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