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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Call for
Papers</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">12th Australian Space Science
Conference</SPAN><BR style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">24th to 27th September
2012</SPAN><BR></DIV><BR>It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an
abstract for the 12th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC), to be
held in Melbourne at RMIT University. This will be the sixth ASSC jointly
sponsored and organised by the National Committee for Space Science (NCSS)
and the National Space Society of Australia (NSSA), with the support of
the Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI). The ASSC is intended to be
the primary annual meeting for Australian research relating to space
science. It welcomes space scientists, engineers, educators, and workers
in Industry and Government. <BR><BR>This year the ASSC wii be run in
association with Engineers Australia National Space Engineering Symposium
(NSES) and the National Committee for Radio Science and its Workshop
on Applications in Radio Science (WARS). <BR> <BR>The scope of the
conference covers fundamental and applied research that applies to space
technologies, and includes the following: <BR><BR>*Space scie nce,
including space and atmospheric physics, Earth observation and remote
sensing from/of space, planetary sciences, astrobiology and life sciences,
and space-based astronomy and astrophysics.<BR>* Space engineering and
technology, including communications, navigation, space operations,
propulsion, and spacecraft design, testing, and implementation.<BR>* Space
industry<BR>* Space archaeology<BR>* Government, international relations
and law<BR>* Education and outreach, including a dedicated student
session.<BR><BR>There will be a special session on successful, submitted,
and future applications for Australian Space Research Program funding.
There will also be a special session on implementation plans for the 2010
– 2019 Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science and connections to the
new 2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research
Infrastructure.<BR><BR>For the abstract and paper guidelines and for
online submission go to URL www.nssa.com.au/ocs/index.php?
cf=14<BR> <BR>The Closing for date abstracts is early July.
Please make the conference known to your colleagues. We hope that you will
attend.<BR><BR>You may email asscconference@nssa.com.au for more
information.
<BR><BR><BR>Wayne Short, Co-Chair, National Space Society of
Australia<BR>Iver Cairns, Co-Chair, University of Sydney
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