November 2024 Meetup | Starship IFT-5/6: Catching the Fire
About this event
Join us for the November 2024 meetup of the Space Association of Australia – all welcome!
Date: Monday, 25 November 2024
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 pm AEDT
Venue: Bentleigh RSL, 538 Centre Road, Bentleigh, VIC
Note: This is an in-person event taking place in Melbourne only, there will be no live stream.
The usual RSL sign-in rules apply (e.g. scan driver's licence) to enter the venue.
There is off-street car parking behind the RSL building — enter from Arthur Street. The entry from the car park is for members only. The public entry is from Centre Road.
Alternate off-street parking may be found in front of the Woolworths next door — enter from Centre Road, or behind the Bentleigh Library — enter from Jasper Road.
The Bentleigh RSL is a few hundred metres east of Bentleigh Station on the Frankston Line. Also, smart buses run along Centre Road.
Download the bistro and gluten-free menus from here.
Please RSVP for the night by booking a free ticket below:
Schedule
- 6:30 pm
- Meal time
- 7:15 pm
- Welcome & introduction with Michael Abdilla
- — Australian space news update
- 7:30 pm
- Starship Integrated Flight Tests 5 & 6: Catching the Fire with Angelo Di Grazia
- — A report on Starship IFT-5/6 and other SpaceX updates held over from last month
- 8:15 pm
- Planetary and space science update with Andrew Rennie
- — A round-up of current planetary missions either operational or en-route held over from last month
- — 55th anniversary of Apollo 12: Shirley Bassey meets Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad
- 9:00 pm
- End
