Space Association of Australia Inc.
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January Public Meeting
This is the free monthly meeting of the Space Association of Australia - all welcome!
We'll be in the Function Room on the first floor of the Caulfield RSL. The venue is disabled friendly and includes a lift. Meals are available at reasonable prices. Ample car parking is available immediately behind the RSL or in St Georges Road. Trams and trains run within 200 metres of the venue.
Remembering Challenger 30 Years On:
The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of 28 January 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch.
The crew of STS-51-L: Front row from left, Mike Smith, Dick Scobee, Ron McNair. Back row from left, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judith Resnik.
Image Credit: NASA
Agenda
| 7.15 - 7.30 | Association business: Meeting dates and activities for 2016 |
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| 7.30 - 8.00 | Member activities: Stewart Gangell reports on his recent visit to the Kennedy Space Centre to witness a satellite launch (TBC) |
| 8.00 - 8.20 | Space news: A presentation of the latest Russian manned lunar mission architecture concepts by Igor Rozenberg |
| 8.20 - 8.40 | Break for socialising |
| 8.40 - 9.20 | Space news: New Space - including the Blue Origin & SpaceX rocket booster landings | Planetary science update |
| 9.20 - 9.50 | Retrospective: "The Legacy of Challenger" - a look back at the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster on its 30th anniversary |
