November Public Meeting | An Australian Astronaut Program aboard the ISS

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

Date: Monday, 28 November 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.

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:

Saber Astronautics recently signed a deal with private spaceflight leader Axiom Space, Inc. to create an Australian presence on the International Space Station (ISS) and future Axiom Station.

Saber Astronautics will develop the first formal program to enable Australians and Australian industry to, via Axiom, access the Station’s orbiting microgravity laboratory and develop a new generation of space-developed products for human health, materials, electronics, cleantech, and more.

Silent Auction:

The Space Association has received a donation of books, magazines, photographs and other space memorabilia. So, just for a bit of fun and maybe to help you pick up (or offload) an item of space treasure, we propose to run a silent auction on the night, with no minimum bids. A silent auction is an auction held without an auctioneer. Bidders write their name, contact number and bid amount and, at about 9.00 pm, all bids cease and the deals are done!

The following items are available for auction: