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Social media and popularising space: Philae Lander (@Philae2014) and the journey to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2017.04.007 Bibcode: 2017SpPol..41...20R

Ryan, Lorna

The popularisation of space activities is concerned with the public support of, interest in, and understanding of, the benefits to citizens of space science and space exploration. The media, traditional and new, play a significant role in popularising science. While scholars have acknowledged the potential of social media to support public engagem…

2017 Space Policy
Rosetta 2
Down to earth: Popularisation of geo-information services in the Netherlands
DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2017.04.001 Bibcode: 2017SpPol..41...12K

Kerstens, Nathalie; Giannopapa, Christina; Dolmans, Sharon +1 more

The popularisation of geo-information services contributes to achieving Europe's 2020 goals to become a "smart, sustainable and inclusive growth economy" [1]. From a utilitarian perspective, this implies making the benefits of geo-information available to the largest number of users possible. To this end earth observation data has been made public…

2017 Space Policy
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