MS Science – Wikipedia

The MS science is a inland ship that, in addition to a goods motor ship, has also been used as an exhibition and science ship since the early 2000s and is used under this name for hiking exhibitions as part of the science years. The ship runs through Germany for several months and now also Austria and shows in numerous cities as a “floating science center” to change exhibitions with exhibits in terms of science year that should create understanding of science and research. In the rest of the time, the ship drives as a “normal” goods motor ship with the name Jenny And at times also as an exhibition ship with commercial exhibitions.

The ship was built in 1969 at the then Elfring shipyard in Haren (EMS) as a Johann-Welker ship and initially for a short time by the shipyard Elka shipping company as Stay operated. After a sale to the Netherlands, the ship was as Van without 24 On the way, it has been driving since 1987 as Jenny . The ship was originally 85 meters long and was extended to 105 meters in 1989. In 2012 it was shortened to 100 meters. It is powered by a six-cylinder MWM engine with an output of 809 kW. The ship also has a bow rudder. The steering house is adjustable in height.

Since April 2016, despite the higher price, the ship has been operated with the synthetic gas-to-liquid fuel (GTL) instead of the diesel fuel in accordance with DIN EN 590 inland navigation in order to achieve a reduction in air pollutants. ^{[first] [2]}

The cargo space of the ship, which can be used for exhibition and event purposes, is around 75 meters long and 7.8 meters wide and covered in the inside up to 3.8 or 4.0 meters high, whereby the roofing can be done individually with lukewarm cover . Around 530 square meters from the total area of ​​almost 600 square meters are available for exhibitions and events. The rest of the area is required for the stairs in the cargo space, a toilet facility and a café in the rear area as well as an emergency exit in the front area of ​​the loading space. Part of the area on the luke -cover with a resilience of 500 kilograms per square meter is available as an additional usable area; The usable area is around 355 square meters. ^[3]

In 2018, the “lead and assistance systems to increase the safety of shipping on domestic waterways” (Laessi) was tested on the ship. ^{[4] [5]} The system comprises a bridge driving warning to avoid collisions of the control center or masts with bridges, a masting assistant, which, for example, shows distances to Kaimauer or other ships, a railway guide assistant to relieve the ship leader on the route and a conning display, which, for example, the movement of the ship , displays the rudder position and the motor speed. ^{[6] [7]}

The ship’s owner is the inland ship couple Albrecht and Karin Scheubner. The ship was exempted from the MSG eG based in Würzburg until 2011 when it was traveling as a science or exhibition ship.

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The use of the inland navigation as a science ship goes back to an idea of ​​the University of Bremen, which the ship sent in 2002 as a “Geoschiff” with the exhibition “Adventure Marine Research” on travels. ^{[8] [9]} Since the exhibition on the inland ship was well received by the visitors, the Science Initiative took over the concept in the Dialogue (WID) of German Science and has been realizing an exhibition on the ship as part of the respective science year since 2003. ^{[8] [9]} In the first few years the ship was named after the topic of the science year, since 2006 the Jenny Your exhibition trips under the name “MS Science”.

The MS science Visit numerous cities all over Germany on their tours, which they can be reached in the inland navigation area and in particular on inland waterways. In 2005, the first foreign city was also on the tour schedule that can be reached via the Rhine. Since 2010, some cities in the neighboring country of Austria have been visited. ^[9]

By 2011 the MS science A project of the initiative of science in the legal form of a non -profit GmbH (gGmbH) in dialogue. The project was financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and in a few years by different foundations. The BMBF has been the organizer of the MS science , while science in Dialog gGmbH has been realizing the exhibition ship as a general contractor since then. The majority of the exhibits are contributed by scientific institutes and institutions.

For use as MS science the inland ship is rebuilt every year. The cargo space becomes an exhibition room that can be reached via a staircase attached in front of the staircase. In the load space converted into the exhibition room there is a reception area and a small café next to the exhibition.

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2003 – „MS Chemie“

The ship was on the road from July 9th to September 29th and created in 26 cities. The exhibition visited more than 40,000 people. ^[ten]

2004 – “MS Technik”

The ship was traveling from June 4th to October 1st and created in 31 cities. ^[11]

2005 – „MS Einstein“

The ship was on the road from May 19 to September 19 and created in 37 cities, including the first time in a city outside of Germany. A total of around 100,000 people visited the exhibition. ^[twelfth]

2006 – “MS Science – Sport and Computer Science”

The ship was traveling from May 18 to September 18 and created in 34 cities. The exhibition was visited by around 74,000 people. ^[13]

2007 – “MS Science – Language is more than words”

The ship was traveling from June 5 to October 7th and created in 34 cities. The exhibition visited around 77,000 people. ^[14]

2008 – “MS Science – The Mathe ship”

The ship was on the road from May 6th to September 4th and created in 31 cities. The exhibition visited over 118,000 people. ^[15]

2009 – “MS Science – The Future Ship”

The ship was on the road from June 3 to October 1 and created in 34 cities. The exhibition was visited by around 90,000 people, including 650 school classes. ^[16]

2010 – “MS Science – The Energy Chiff”

The ship was traveling from May 18 to October 7th and created in 36 cities. The exhibition was visited by around 105,000 people. For the first time, the ship started with Vienna, Krems and Linz, also Austrian cities. Around 12,000 visitors saw the exhibition there. Also for the first time during the tour in several cities, the “Dialogue on Deck” discussion series took place. ^[17]

2011 – “MS science – new ways in medicine”

The ship was on the road from May 19 to September 29 and started 35 cities during the time, including the three Austrian cities of Vienna, Krems and Linz. Around 72,000 visitors, including 420 school classes, have looked at the exhibition on health research. ^[18]

2012 – “MS Science – Future Project Earth”

From May 30 to October 15, 2012, the ship was on the move with an exhibition on sustainability and started 36 cities, including three cities in Austria. The exhibition was visited by around 90,000 people, including 480 school classes. ^[19]

2013 – “MS science – all generations in a boat”

From April 30 to September 17, 2013, the ship was traveling with an exhibition on demographic change in 37 cities in Germany and three cities in Austria. ^[20]

2014 – “MS Science – Digital on the move”

The ship drove from May 6th to September 28th, 2014 on the occasion of the science year on the subject of “Digital Society” by Germany and Austria and created in 38 cities. ^[21]

2015 – “MS Science – Future City”

The ship visited a total of 40 cities from April 15 to September 26, 2015, including two cities in Austria. ^[22]

2016 and 2017 – “MS Science – Sea and Oceans”

During the 2016 science year, the MS science From May 3 to September 6, 2016, a total of 33 cities in the “northern” federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein. ^[23] In 2017, cities followed in the “southern” federal states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. The exhibition was also shown in three cities in Austria. ^[24]

2018 – “MS science – working worlds of the future”

The exhibition ship started 33 Germans and three Austrian cities from May 15 to October 22, 2018. ^[25]

2019 – “MS Science – Artificial Intelligence”

In 2019, the ship ran in 27 cities in Germany between May 16 and October 3rd and four cities in Austria in October. ^[26]

2020 – “MS Science – Bioeconomy”

Due to the restrictions in public life in connection with the Covid 19 pandemic, the beginning of the hiking exhibition, which was initially planned for spring 2020, was postponed to July 30th. The ship visited a total of 19 cities in the west and south of Germany by October 17, 2020. ^[27] The visits that were unusual in the first half of the year were mostly made up for in 2021.

2021 – “MS Science – Bioeconomy”

The hiking exhibition on the MS science was seen in northern Germany in 2021 and in several cities on the Rhine, Main and the Danube, including again in four cities in Austria.

2022 – “MS science – asked”

As part of the science year, which is under the motto “in demand” in 2022, no exhibition on board is shown on an exhibition on board, but visitors in four subject areas are brought closer to the different approaches of different scientific disciplines. ^[28]

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  2008: “Das Mathschiff”

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  2009: “The future ship”

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  2010: „Das Energieschiff“

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  2011: “New ways in medicine”

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  2012: “Future project earth”

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  2013: “All generations in one boat”

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  2014: “Digital on the way”

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  2016: “Seas and oceans”

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  2018: “Working worlds of the future”

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In 2010 the Jenny Chosen as an exhibition ship as part of the Germany initiative – Land of Ideas for the “Selected Place 2010”. ^[29]