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

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...

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Main Author: Backman, Fredrick
Format: Others
Language:Swedish
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier 2010
Subjects:
ESA
STS
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-umu-321422013-01-08T13:24:35ZFrån föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966sweFrom föhn to feu! : The history of Esrange and the Northern Swedish spaceactivity from the turn of the century 1900 until 1966Backman, FredrickUmeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier2010EsrangeKirunaspacephysicsgeophysicsrocketengineeringtechnologyESROESAnorthern lightsauroraobservatoryresearch stationVassijaureAbiskoSTShistory of sciencepolarrocket baseEsrangeKirunaNorrlandrymdverksamhetrymdfysikgeofysikraketteknologisamerESROESAnorrskenaurora borealisobservatoriumforskningsstationVassijaureAbiskoSTSvetenskapsstudiervetenskapshistoriapolarforskningnorrskensforskningraketbasHistory of scienceVetenskapshistoriaHistory of science and ideasIdé- o lärdomshistoriaHistory of technologyTeknikhistoriaHistory of technology and industryTeknik- och industrihistoriaTechnology and cultureTeknik och kulturOther earth sciencesÖvrig geovetenskapGeophysicsGeofysikSpace engineeringRymdteknikSpace physicsRymdfysikThis 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, economical as well as military reasons to build a European rocket base. Second, I scrutinize the reasons to choose Northern Sweden as the location for the rocket base. As it turns out, the main reasons were the favourable location of Northern Sweden within the aurora oval zone, the proximity of the Kiruna Geophysical Observatory, and the possibility to use a large, although not quite uninhabited, area where the launched rockets could crash. Finally, I examine the difficulty of talking about boundaries of various kinds, such as temporal, spatial and functional. The essay also provides a discussion on possible ways to continue research on this topic. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-32142application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic 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
Esrange
Kiruna
Norrland
rymdverksamhet
rymdfysik
geofysik
raket
teknologi
samer
ESRO
ESA
norrsken
aurora borealis
observatorium
forskningsstation
Vassijaure
Abisko
STS
vetenskapsstudier
vetenskapshistoria
polarforskning
norrskensforskning
raketbas
History of science
Vetenskapshistoria
History of science and ideas
Idé- o lärdomshistoria
History of technology
Teknikhistoria
History of technology and industry
Teknik- och industrihistoria
Technology and culture
Teknik och kultur
Other earth sciences
Övrig geovetenskap
Geophysics
Geofysik
Space engineering
Rymdteknik
Space physics
Rymdfysik
spellingShingle 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
Esrange
Kiruna
Norrland
rymdverksamhet
rymdfysik
geofysik
raket
teknologi
samer
ESRO
ESA
norrsken
aurora borealis
observatorium
forskningsstation
Vassijaure
Abisko
STS
vetenskapsstudier
vetenskapshistoria
polarforskning
norrskensforskning
raketbas
History of science
Vetenskapshistoria
History of science and ideas
Idé- o lärdomshistoria
History of technology
Teknikhistoria
History of technology and industry
Teknik- och industrihistoria
Technology and culture
Teknik och kultur
Other earth sciences
Övrig geovetenskap
Geophysics
Geofysik
Space engineering
Rymdteknik
Space physics
Rymdfysik
Backman, Fredrick
Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
description 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, economical as well as military reasons to build a European rocket base. Second, I scrutinize the reasons to choose Northern Sweden as the location for the rocket base. As it turns out, the main reasons were the favourable location of Northern Sweden within the aurora oval zone, the proximity of the Kiruna Geophysical Observatory, and the possibility to use a large, although not quite uninhabited, area where the launched rockets could crash. Finally, I examine the difficulty of talking about boundaries of various kinds, such as temporal, spatial and functional. The essay also provides a discussion on possible ways to continue research on this topic.
author Backman, Fredrick
author_facet Backman, Fredrick
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title Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
title_short Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
title_full Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
title_fullStr Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
title_full_unstemmed Från föhn till feu! : Esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
title_sort från föhn till feu! : esrange och den norrländska rymdverksamhetens tillkomsthistoria från sekelskiftet 1900 till 1966
publisher Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier
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