H-Space 2019 [antikvár]

Welcome from the Organizing CommitteeWelcome to the 5th edition of our H-SPACE conference series!We are happy to welcome you at the S^^ International Conference on Research, Technology and Education of Space. Special welcome to those participants who join the H-SPACE conference for the first time.The event is organized by the Federated Innovation and Knowledge Centre (EIT), within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) - in cooperation with the Hungarian Astronautical Society (MANT), which is the oldest space association in Hungaiy. The organization of the conference series stEirt-ed in 2015, at a time of growing opportunities arising from ESA recently granting membership to Hungary and the need for a joint presentation of space activities pursued at BME. The selection of the date of the event pays tribute to the successful deployment to orbit and mission of the first Hungarian satellite, the Masat-1, which has been launched on February 13, 2012.This year people all over the world celebrate the greatest "small step for a man", the 50 th anniversaiy ofthe step of the first men onto the lunar surface. Humanity have explored the possibilities of life on other planets from that time, but from a very long time ago the essential conditions for life on Earth. Regarding to this, topic of this year's conference is "Special focus on water and environment". The agenda of the conference addresses scientific, technological and educational issues of space research and space activities. The conference is open for both local and international professionals and provides an opportunity to showcase Hungarian scientific, technological, educational and outreach activities, related to space.The Organizing Committee has internationally recognized members: Prof. József Ádám, Dr. Tibor Bálint, Ferenc Horvai, Prof. János Lichtenberger, Dr. Lóránt Földváry, Prof. László Pap, Prof. Gábor Stépán, Dr. Szabolcs Rózsa We are grateful for their contributions to the success of the conference.