Continuously Open Research Announcement (CORA) See 'Download
area' in the right navigation bar for the associated documents
and for the access to the database of facilities. Research
capabilities offered by ground based facilities not only improve
the preparation of space flight experiments, but can also
further scientific knowledge of the basic influence of gravity
or other space or planetary conditions on life-, physical-, and
interdisciplinary- processes in general. The advantage of using
ground based facilities will also considerably increase the
potential for experimenting under simulated space conditions as
compared to real space and microgravity access possibilities,
which at present are still limited. This will allow for more
comprehensive research programmes, making them compatible with
earth-based research activities, and will favour the development
of a strong community of scientists from all disciplines keen to
include space relevant research into their daily scientific
activities. In order to bet