Assessment of Efficiency, Impact Factor, Impact of Probe Mass, Probe Life Expectancy, and Reliability of Mars Missions [PDF]
Mars is the next frontier after Moon for space explorers to demonstrate the extent of human expedition and technology beyond low-earth orbit. Government space agencies as well as private space sectors are extensively endeavouring for a better space enterprise.
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The New Horizons Kuiper Belt Extended Mission [PDF]
The central objective of the New Horizons prime mission was to make the first exploration of Pluto and its system of moons. Following that, New Horizons has been approved for its first extended mission, which has the objectives of extensively studying the Kuiper Belt environment, observing numerous Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) and Centaurs in unique ways,
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Hou Christus die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika in stand?
Does Christ sustain the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa? The Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA) that is situated in South-Africa is currently experiencing a serious decline in numbers.
André Ungerer
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Led by the Spirit: Missional Communities and the Quakers on communal vocation discernment
This article argues that the term missional is an expression of the global shift towards a theocentric (rather than ecclesiocentric) understanding of mission.
Curtis R. Love, Cornelius J.P. Niemand
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The implications of ecclesiology’s understanding of church and ἐκκλησία for the current missiology
This introductory study was initiated by the observation that authors about the church differ in their understanding of and approach to church and ἐκκλησία.
De Beer, Jan Mathys
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Preaching: Truth sharing as a prophetic voice
What kind of preaching and what kind of preacher will facilitate the cultivation of contextually relevant missional congregations? A main thesis in this search was and still is that integrating and coordinating all ministries are necessary to develop ...
M. Nel
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(Re)discovering a missional-incarnational ethos
In this article, a few of the elements and dynamics of social movements will be explored. It will be argued that the traditional institutional church is in a critical period in the cycle of movements, where the need for the (re)discovery of our missional-
Jacobus Kok, Cornelius J.P. Niemandt
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Search for Extra-Terrestrial planets: The DARWIN mission - Target Stars and Array Architectures [PDF]
The DARWIN mission is an Infrared free flying interferometer mission based on the new technique of nulling interferometry. Its main objective is to detect and characterize other Earth-like planets, analyze the composition of their atmospheres and their capability to sustain life, as we know it. DARWIN is currently in definition phase.
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Mission Opportunities for Human Exploration of Nearby Planetary Bodies [PDF]
We characterize mission profiles for human expeditions to near-Earth asteroids, Venus, and Mars. Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are the closest destinations beyond cis-lunar space and present a compelling target with capabilities already under development by NASA and its partners.
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Jesus se tafelgemeenskap met tollenaars en sondaars: aspekte van ’n missionêre ekklesiologie
Jesus’ table fellowship with tax collectors and sinners: aspects of a missional ecclesiology Christian churches with a historically powerful socio-cultural presence often have to adjust to a new marginalised and disempowered existence, stripped of ...
J.J.F. Krüger
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