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Commonwealth Essays and Studies, 2010

SEPC (Société d'études des pays du Commonwealth)

Journal of Transport History, 36 (1) (June 2015), iii-v.

Various notions of 'horizon' permeate the history of transport and mobility. A yearning to go beyond the horizon is an impulse shared by toddlers, adolescents and adult adventurers, and by many more anchored people seeking temporary distractions and novelty elsewhere.

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2018

The outer solar system provides a unique, quiet vantage point from which to observe the universe around us, where measurements could enable several niche astrophysical science cases that are too difficult to perform near Earth. NASA's New Horizons mission comprises an instrument package that provides imaging capability from ultraviolet (UV) to near-infrared (near-IR) wavelengths with moderate spectral resolution located beyond the orbit of Pluto. A carefully designed survey with New Horizons can optimize the use of expendable propellant and the limited data telemetry bandwidth to allow several measurements, including a detailed understanding of the cosmic extragalactic background light; studies of the local and extragalactic UV background; measurements of the properties of dust and ice in the outer solar system; confirmation and characterization of transiting exoplanets; determinations of the mass of dark objects using gravitational microlensing; and rapid follow-up of transient events. New Horizons is currently in an extended mission designed to focus on Kuiper Belt science that will conclude in 2021. The astrophysics community has a unique, generational opportunity to use this mission for astronomical observation at heliocentric distances beyond 50 au in the next decade. In this paper, we discuss the potential science cases for such an extended mission, and provide an initial assessment of the most important operational requirements and observation strategies it would require. We conclude that New Horizons is capable of transformative science, and that it would make a valuable and unique asset for astrophysical science that is unlikely to be replicated in the near future.

The current state of accelerationist philosophy increasingly appears to serve as a point of coalescence for various attempts at redefining diverse potentialities, estranged objectivities and inhumanisms which circulate the contemporary discourse. The following questions need to be addressed: what can we do within the confines of present conditions, while facing these challenges, agencies and vast spaces beyond? How can we unbind the shackles of the present? What are the possibilities and conditions of accelerationism itself, and what are the investments and aspirations for such a language and for such an endeavor? That is what we mean by Reinventing Horizons. This book arises from a peculiar set of motifs and circumstances. It aims at accompanying the conference which is held on the 18th and 19th of March 2016 of the same name and an exhibi- tion Artificial Cinema, held at Tranzitdisplay, Prague. It also serves a purpose of its own. As such, the book takes its point of depar- ture in the accelerationist discourse, which we take to be a broad and heterogeneous strand of thought attempting a redefinition, or even a repurposing, of current means, be it within the context of academia, the arts, technology or media, in order to address unresolved contemporary socio-political problems. It has been our objective to bring together a broad variety of contributors in order to accommodate various themes coalescing around the debates of contemporary thought.

Space Science Reviews, 2008

The New Horizons spacecraft was launched on January 19, 2006. The spacecraft was designed to provide a platform for the seven instruments designated by the science team to collect and return data from Pluto in 2015 that would meet the requirements established by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Announcement of Opportunity AO-OSS-01. The design drew on heritage from previous missions developed at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and other NASA missions such as Ulysses. The trajectory design imposed constraints on mass and structural strength to meet the high launch acceleration consistent with meeting the AO requirement of returning data prior to the year 2020. The spacecraft subsystems were designed to meet tight resource allocations (mass and power) yet provide the necessary control and data handling finesse to support data collection and return when the one way light time during the Pluto fly-by is 4.5 hours. Missions to the outer regions of the solar system (where the solar irradiance is 1/1000 of the level near the Earth) require a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) to supply electrical power. One RTG was available for use by New Horizons. To accommodate this constraint, the spacecraft electronics were designed to operate on less than 200 W. The travel time to Pluto put additional demands on system reliability. Only after a flight time of approximately ten years would the desired data be collected and returned to Earth. This represents the longest flight duration prior to the return of primary science data for any mission by NASA. The spacecraft system architecture provides sufficient redundancy to meet this requirement with a probability of mission success of greater than 0.85. The spacecraft is now on its way to Pluto with an arrival date of July 14, 2015. Initial in-flight tests have verified that the spacecraft will meet the design requirements.

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WYSE Travel Confederation/UNWTO report on the youth travel sector. A new version is due to be published in late 2016

2012

Interim report on the progress of the Future Horizons Programme, Catterick Garrison, Yorkshire, England. This trial brings together ex-service and civilian charities with the aim of assisting Early Service Leavers (ESLs) as they transition out of the British Army. - After 8 months FHP has engaged with 595 Early Service Leavers - This represents an engagement rate of 99% behind the wire - The ESL tracking team have managed to contact 86% of these ESLs post-transition - After 3-month follow-up 41% of these are in employment or training - After 6-month follow-up this percentage has risen to 69%

2017

Gaming Horizons is a EU-funded project that explored the role of video games in culture, the economy and education. We engaged with more than 280 stakeholders through interviews, workshops and webinars.