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	ASUROnaut Mission to Mars How is a Mars rover actually steered and what happens if it gets stuck? How can a doctor in Cologne treat a patient in Munich? How can robots help when there is a disaster? The student experiment on telepresence investigates these questions in depth.
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	Tunnel boring machine How are tunnels constructed through the highest mountains of the Alps, under the English Channel, and under large cities? How do the longest train and highway tunnels in the world come into being with the help of tunnel boring machines?
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Infrared Measurement Technology

Seeing what is invisible

Our eyes see the world in visible light. But this light is only a small part of the entire range of possibilities in the electromagnetic spectrum; by far the greatest part is invisible to our eyes. The radiance in these other parts of the spectrum always provides additional, not conventionally "visible" information. Using the infrared part of the spectrum lets us see with other eyes and thereby understand more of the world, since many objects normally invisible for us thereby become "visible".

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	Laser Technology Contact-free measuring At which height does cloud cover obscure a pilot's sight? Where exactly does a dangerous avalanche lurk? How good is the sprinter, and which car is exceeding the speed limit? Where conventional measurement methods fail, laser radar systems are tops.
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	Robotics ASURO Another Small and Unique Robot from Oberpfaffenhofen "Robot" is from a Czech word meaning "worker". And robots are made to work, carrying out tasks that people don't want to do, or cannot do, themselves. There's lots to do for these laborers made of steel and sheetmetal.
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	Radar Measurement Technology Using microwaves If you want to measure the distance between the earth and the moon accurately to 15 cm, you won't get far with a tape measure. And the velocity of a speeding automobile is hard to determine with a stopwatch. Where simple tools fail, radar masurement technology can provide a solution.
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	Satellite Navigation Orientation made easy Most of us are quite familiar with this situation: "Honey, I think we should have turned right at that crossing." "As if I didn't know where we're going! I'm merely taking a different route than usual." "You can ask the way at that gas station up ahead." "There's really no need, I know exactly where we are!"
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	Environmental Spectroscopy Habitats on trial We have long been aware of it: Not only the world, but also the environment, is changing. Our daily life is full of catchphrases like "the ozone hole problem," "the greenhouse effect," and "global climate change." But what do these terms really mean?
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	Weather and Climate What ingredients are needed for a modern weather forecast? Our lives are greatly influenced by weather and the climate. We want to know whether it's going to rain today, be stormy tomorrow, or if the sun will be shining on the weekend. We wonder whether or not the atmosphere is really getting warmer permanently.
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	Earth Observation with Satellites The satellite view of our earth Forests are being cut down, cities are expanding, the countryside is changing its features. People drastically affect Earth's ecosystem. Down on the ground, such changes and their consequences are sometimes hard to recognize. But satellites can give us the larger picture because of their higher vantage point.
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	Virtual Mechanics What happens if... Or, being clever ahead of time Whenever we take a seat in a car, train or airplane, horror scenarios are rare. We take a ride in a car without being badly shaken about until we get seriously carsick or end up with black and blue marks. We travel by train without getting derailed, and in a plane we land without having the fuselage and wings break apart.
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Flight Team Simulator

Team training for emergencies

Investigating the earth, its environment and climate from an aircraft while in flight places extremely high demands on a cockpiut crew. Within just a few minutes they have to routinely carry out flight patterns while flying through a succession of distinct air layers, and be capable of total concentration in storms or when flying at very low altitudes.

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	MORABA Mobile Rocket Base Rockets are essential tools for scientific progress. How else would astronauts get to the International Space Station, or satellites into Earth orbit? Without rockets Earth's atmosphere would continue to be a mystery to us, for example.
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