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

Michael is a self-confessed space geek with a life-long interest in spaceflight and astronomy. Like Carl Sagan, he believes 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

Dr Shane Usher is a Research Fellow in Chemical Engineering at the University of Melbourne with a focus on solid-liquid separation processes for various industries. His passion projects explore analogue space missions and related technologies. Shane is available for media interviews. [Contact Shane]

John Coleman

Secretary

Tim Frencken

Treasurer

Len Halprin

Committee Member

Dr Len Halprin has a PhD in Astronomy and Physics and has been hooked on space since the Mercury program. His primary interest is human spaceflight beyond LEO and Astronomy. Len is simultaneously a space cadet and a space contrarian—he loves space but also asks the hard questions. Len is available for media interviews.    [Contact Len]

Angelo Di Grazia

Committee Member

Jeremy Kruckel

Committee Member

Jeremy is based in NSW and actively contributes to space policy discussions with published work on governance, ethics, and Australia's strategic role in space. His writing appears on platforms such as PhilPapers and in submissions to public policy forums, including ASPI.  

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, making television appearances, producing and presenting radio shows, public lecturing, and developing secondary school curricula.