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Ny-Ålesund. NYSMAC meeting October 2013. Org chart KB. Ny-Ålesund. As of August 2012 . Kings Bay Company 25. Director. Adviser. Research adviser. Administration 7. Management 10. Kitchen 5. Ny-Ålesund. New development. Zcheck station to be cancelled or postponed
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Ny-Ålesund NYSMAC meetingOctober 2013
Org chart KB Ny-Ålesund As of August 2012. Kings Bay Company 25 Director Adviser Research adviser Administration 7 Management 10 Kitchen 5
Ny-Ålesund New development • Zcheck station to be cancelled or postponed • Kings Bay AS has called for strategy meeting with involved Departments • New Japanese station to be proposed in the budget 2014, 2015
Ny-Ålesund Limits of acceptable change • Project group; KB, NP, NILU • Preliminary project about to end • Main project to be figured out- How to measure environmental impact- To describe consequences of activity, in order to advise for future limits- Proposals to minimize the effect of activity
Ny-Ålesund Fiber opticcable
Ny-Ålesund Construction work
Ny-Ålesund Kings Bay AS Cultural focus
Ny-Ålesund Museum
Ny-Ålesund Energy economicprojects • Diesel consume 2012reduced 10% • Consume 2012 first time below 1 000 000 L
Ny-Ålesund Cruise ships • 2009: 31.000 • 2010: 29.500 • 2011: 27.500 • 2012: 39.400 • 2013: 25.000
Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) • Norwegian project funded by ESA + NASA since 2003 • Field testing of science and payload instruments onboard Mars missions • Curiosity (landed 2012) • ExoMars + Max-C (launch 2018) • Mars Sample Return (launch > 2020) • Building cross-disciplinary mission teams • Unique platform for ESA/NASA collaboration • Svalbard established as key site for development and testing of planetary missions Curiosity ExoMars PanCam on Scot Keltie
AMASE 2014 - 2018 • Continuation of long term ESA funding • Expand activities beyond Mars missions • Include Lunar- and Jupiter Icy Moons missions and field analogs • Training of Astronauts • Goal to establish permanent AMASE station at NyÅlesund • Basic training and lab-work using Kings Bay infrastructure • Activities focussed on nearby key sites (e.g. Colletthøgda) • Use NyÅlesund as springboard for remote sites on NW Spistbergen (e.g. Bockfjord) Colletthøgda