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dilluns, 6 d'octubre de 2003
October 4th to 10th is World Space Week, an event dedicated to the contributions that have been made by space sciences and technology to the improvement of living conditions for humans the world over.
Dates for the event, which was instituted by the United Nations in 1999, were not chosen at random, as they commemorate two very significant events to the history of space exploration. The first corresponds to the launch of the first man-made satellite, Sputnik-1 on October 4th, 1957. The second marks the date in which the Outer Space Treaty came into force. The Treaty was approved by the UN in order to regulate the activities of all States in everything concerning the use and exploration of space. The theme of World Space Week 2003 is 'Space: Horizon Beyond Earth'. Organizers hope to motivate participants to consider the two ways in which humanity has traditionally perceived space: as being a realm of exploration, to satisfy our curiosity and desire for knowledge and as a test laboratory, in order to improve living conditions on Earth. Space Week isn't just about this, shall we say, philosophical issue. Quite the contrary, in fact, as there are more than fifty countries in five continents the world over that are actively participating in a variety of ways in order to gain a greater knowledge of space.
 
How to Participate
+ Lance Bass, singer of the group NSYNC, will be awarding the prizes.
Now don't think that all these activities are organized by participating countries. That's hardly the case, because actually World Space Week is open to anyone and everyone who wants to participate: government agencies, private companies, educational institutions, altruistic organizations, teachers, individuals…They are all invited to celebrate World Space Week, and to come up with a wide variety of activities relating to science. And of course it goes with out mentioning that students are obviously invited as well. As it is to students in particular that the competition 'Lance's Lab' is addressed. The competition hopes to encourage the interest of students in the Universe and the engineering of space exploration. Winners of the competition will even have the opportunity to personally meet Lance Bass, singer of the group NSYNC, who will be awarding prizes in a ceremony scheduled for spring, 2004.
Learn about Space
+ Learn about Space is amusing.
In keeping with the goal of learning more about space and our interest to participate in the celebration of World Space Week, we would like to invite you to take a look at the files that the Diari de l'Escola prepared in last year on space and astronomy. Of particular interest among these files which were created to provide information on events occurring throughout the course of the year, are those detailing the European Space Agency's missions to the Moon and Mars, respectively; publicity resulting from the deciphering of the origins of the Universe; our activities relating to the seventieth edition of Science Week; and the file focusing on the discovery of a new planetary system that resembles ours. We hope that you'll learn lots!
Drawn Toward the Universe
+ Claudius Ptolemy, influential astronomer of the second century A.D.
The Universe has interested humanity since time immemorial. Scientists and philosophers of all eras have striven to comprehend it and unravel its mysteries. And of course, knowledge acquired over the passing of the centuries has varied greatly. Thousands years ago, they first thought that the Earth was flat, not round, and that it was located right in the centre of the Universe. They also believed that the planets were deities that influenced the destinies of mankind, and played a role in each person's fortune or failure. These concepts may appears strange, and even naïve to us now, however we mustn't forget that they were conceived by very intelligent individuals, who were attempting to understand the Universe, yet who did not have the adequate instruments and technology available to do so. That began to change during the 17th century, with the coming of great scientific advancements carried out by great minds, such as Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler. However, it wasn't until the 20th century that space exploration took a radical turn, when man sent the first rockets into space, and began to sketch out the Big Bang Theory, and discovered the chemical structure of the Sun, and landed on the Moon…
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> Cerca com les escoles poden participar en la Setmana Mundial de l'Espai.
> Llegeix els detalls de la missió de l'Agència Espacial Europea a la Lluna, que va sortir el 28 de setembre.
> Saps quan va néixer l'Univers?
> Engresca't a participar en la competició científica Lance's Lab, ideada pels organitzadors de la Setmana Mundial de la Ciència.
I també...
- Posa't al corrent de les visions de l'Univers sostingudes per científics i filòsofs de l'antiguitat grega.
- Ressegueix les principals fites de la recerca espacial des del segle XVII a la darreria del segle XX.
- Posa l'enginy a prova amb aquests problemes matemàtics.
- Saps les parts que té un telescopi?
- Fes-te una idea de les concepcions heliocèntrica i geocèntrica de l'Univers.
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