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October Public Meeting | The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex: From Mariner to Artemis and Beyond

Mon, 24 Oct 2022
07:00 PM - 09:30 PM

Join us for the October 2022 meeting of the Space Association of Australia  all welcome! 

Date: Monday, 24 October 2022
Meal Time: 6:00 - 7:00 pm AEDT
Meeting Time: 7:00 - 9:30 pm AEDT
Venue: Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne

Venue update: We are now back in the 'big room' upstairs at the Golden Gate Hotel. We hope this will ease any social distancing concerns and make the meeting more comfortable for everyone. We will still have dinner downstairs and no food is to be consumed upstairs.

The Golden Gate Hotel is a COVID-compliant venue!

How to find us:  The Golden Gate Hotel is on the north-western corner of the intersection of Clarendon and Coventry Streets in South Melbourne. Take the stairs up to level 1 - we'll be in the Coventry Room.

Getting there:
By car: Car parking is best in Coventry Street west of Clarendon Street.
By tram: Route 12 (via Collins Street), Stop 127 (York Street, then walk south) or Stop 128 (Dorcas Street, then walk north).

Meals available: Join us for a meal from 6:00 pm on the ground floor of the Golden Gate Hotel before the meeting begins upstairs in the Coventry Room at 7:00 pm - the menu can be found here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, please register to join us remotely via Zoom here:

Glen Nagle
Outreach and Visitor Centre Manager
Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex

Since 2002, Glen Nagle has been the Education and Public Outreach Manager at the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC); a part of NASA's Deep Space Network. He manages the Complex’s Visitor Centre and promotes space exploration to the 70,000 visitors it attracts each year to view its exhibitions and learn more about the giant antenna dishes that provide two-way contact with dozens of robotic spacecraft exploring the Solar System and beyond.

Schedule

6:00 pm
Meet for dinner on the ground floor of the Golden Gate Hotel
7:00 pm
Space Association news and plans with Peter Aylward
7:10 pm
Australian space news with Peter Aylward
7:20 pm
The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex: From Mariner to Artemis and Beyond with Glen Nagle
8:00 pm
International space news with Peter Aylward
8:20 pm
Planetary and space science update with Andrew Rennie
9:00 pm
End
Golden Gate Hotel
238 Clarendon St, South Melbourne VIC 3205, Australia

PO Box 351, Mulgrave, Victoria, 3170, Australia

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