... Objectives of the study . To survey and evaluate the technical and economical feasibility of European initiatives by start-up companies, for privately-funded crew vehicles for commercial human space flight. ... New commercial markets, among them space tourism, have a great potential to become major drivers in space technology development. This study aims at the assessment of the feasibility of European initiatives to address these new markets through the development of crewed space vehicles. ...

... Pulkovo Astrometric Observations of Bodies in the Solar System from 1898 to 2005: Observational Database T. P. Kiseleva and E. V. Khrutskaya Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovskoe sh. ... The long-term work resulted in long, homogeneous series of observations of various bodies in the Solar System: Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto; the satellites of Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn; selected minor planets, asteroids, and comets. ... 2001; Kiseleva et al...

. Shown here is my first self made instrument, which I designed and built from 1995 to 2001. It is the 110-mm f / 7,3 Newtonian reflector on the German equatorial mounting. Your can see two versions of the mounting and some fotos of details.