SFB1601 members visited the DLR Cologne, kindly invited by Alexander Rüttgers and Achim Basermann.
After learning about the history of Astronautics we started our visit in the European Astronaut Center (EAC) with highly interesting information about ESA astronaut training, how to survive in space and how the ISS was built while watching live pictures from space. Actual experiments on the effects of space and the lack of gravity on the human body as well as radiation were the main topics in the Institute of Aerospace Medicine.
After the Space Control Center (what time is it on the ISS?) and lunch in the cafeteria, two exciting presentations showcased the DLR’s research in the fields of quantum computing and mapping of space debris:
Dr. David DA COSTA: “Collective neutrino oscillations in a quantum computer”
Patrick Lenz: “BACARDI – A catalogue for space debris”.
LinkedIn Post by the DLR: https://de.linkedin.com/posts/dlr-software-technology_highperformancecomputing-quantencomputing-activity-7392554204218884096-8XXu
