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World Space Week 2006 Report The year 2006 could be seen as very important year for the development of space activities in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan launched its first satellite into orbit on June 18, 2006. It has become the first step in the country's plan to join the exclusive club of spacefaring nations. KazSat is a geostationary satellite designed to provide TV broadcast and communications for Kazakhstan, three other Central Asia nations - Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan - and part of Russia. This launch inspired the celebration of World Space Week in Almaty. The center of celebrations is traditionally Space College. The opening ceremony was attended by college students and teachers, invited honorable guests. Among them were scientists and retired workers of the Baikonur. At the end of the ceremony the rocket show was organized. Then young students presented their studies in the field of astronomy, physics, and space related topics at the conference, organized by teachers of the college. The conference was attended by invited guests, scientists, retired workers of the Baikonur. The conference was designed to secure wider participation of young students in interdisciplinary students in the fields of international relations, economics, history, aerospace studies, security studies, development studies, political science and ethics to provide discussion and analysis of space activities in their political, economic, industrial, legal, cultural and social contexts. Alongside presentations which are subject to a competition review system, the conference aims to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions on peaceful uses of outer space. Interesting invited lectures on cosmology on astrophysics were presented by illustrious scientists: Prof. Tuken B. Omarov from Astrophysical Institute, member of the Board of SIA, and Prof. Igor L. Genkin from National University. Within spaceweek were organized meetings in universities and schools in Almaty and Astana with Kazakh cosmonauts, scientists and representatives from the Aerospace Committee and national company "Kazcosmos". At the meetings a new plan and initiatives were discussed in order to initiate new ideas on space education for the needs of national space industry. |
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