March Public Meeting | International Space University - Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program

07:00 PM – 10:00 PM 28-03-2016
Caulfield RSL, 4 St Georges Road, Elsternwick

This is the free monthly meeting of the Space Association of Australia - all welcome!

We'll be in the Function Room on the first floor of the Caulfield RSL. The venue is disabled friendly and includes a lift. Meals are available at reasonable prices. Ample car parking is available immediately behind the RSL or in St Georges Road.  Trams and trains run within 200 metres of the venue.


Space Association member Ishraj Inderjeet, together with Jessica Orr, reports on their time attending the 2016 Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program presented by the University of South Australia (UniSA) in partnership with the International Space University (ISU).  

Ishraj, who completed a Bachelor of Engineering (with Honours) in Aerospace Engineering at RMIT University in 2015, was the winner of a Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith Fund full scholarship to attend the Space Studies Program, between 11 January and 12 February this year.

Agenda

7.15 - 7.30 Association business: Wrap up of Planning for Failures - with Ed Van Cise | Australian tour of "The Last Man on the Moon" with Gene Cernan | An update on progress towards establishing an Australian Space Party to contest the next Federal election
7.30 - 8.10 Member activities: Ishraj Inderjeet reports on his time completing the 2016 Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program in Adelaide earlier this year
8.10 - 8.40 Space news: Space Launch System (SLS) & Orion update with Angelo Di Grazia
8.40 - 9.00 Break for socialising
9.00 - 9.50 Space news: Planetary science update | New Space update