Committee

The Space Association of Australia Inc. Committee is actively involved in running the SAA and planning its events and activities. The volunteer Committee comprises a diverse range of people directly elected into office by SAA members at the AGM each year. It administers the budget, memberships, meeting arrangements, and plans and runs all events.

If you are interested in more information about how you can become involved with the activities of the Association, do approach any of the Committee members, or send an email to: spaceflight@space.asn.au. 

Michael Abdilla

President

I am a self-confessed space geek with a life-long interest in spaceflight and astronomy. Like Carl Sagan, I believe that "If our long-term survival is at stake, we have a basic responsibility to our species to venture to other worlds."

Shane Usher

Vice President

John Coleman

Secretary

Tim Frencken

Treasurer

Len Halprin

Committee Member

I have been hooked on space since the Mercury program and am interested primarily in manned spaceflight beyond LEO, and also in Astronomy. I have a PhD in Astronomy and Physics from Monash University. I am simultaneously a space cadet and a space contrarian – I love space but I also like to ask the hard questions.

Angelo Di Grazia

Committee Member

Naomi Cooper

Committee Member

Andrew Rennie

Producer/Presenter, The Space Show

Andrew has spent about sixty years studying and promoting space exploration and utilisation. This has involved leadership in several activist organisations, writing for newspapers and magazines, television appearances, radio production and presentation, public lecturing, and developing secondary school curricula.