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The international workshop “Cosmic Lab” aims at sharing know-how, experience, and ideas to perform advanced research on extraterrestrial materials in space. Knowledge sharing is set for the goal, because it helps us to improve currently available methods and find novel approaches to test a hypothesis. A workshop-style engagement with experts in their respective fields is anticipated to provide not only great opportunities for young researchers to learn lessons and newcomers to begin with but also a step to better brainstorming. Therefore, the “Cosmic Lab” workshop offers an ideal platform for knowledge sharing and better brainstorming over various types of research in so-called cosmic environments (i.e., an extremely ultra-high vacuum, microgravity, and/or harsh radiation). More specifically, in “Cosmic Lab”, knowledge sharing and better brainstorming are targeted to:

  1. space-borne in-situ measurements

  2. balloon-, rocket-, and satellite-borne experiments 

  3. space-telescopic observations

including, but not limited to, ground-based experiments for preparation, development, and calibration of instruments onboard spacecraft, and detailed analyses of data achieved in the outer space. Numerical simulations and theoretical predictions for the detection of extraterrestrial materials are also welcome. In this regard, “Cosmic Lab” is open to and takes an interdisciplinary approach to any research activities beyond ground-based observatories and laboratories.

 

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