April Public Meeting | The Psychology of Spaceflight

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.

Come along and celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Space Association of Australia back in April 1981.

Main feature: The Psychology of Spaceflight with Adena Silverstein

Space Association member Adena Silverstein is a practicing psychologist who is coming down from Sydney to talk to us about the affects of space travel on the mind: The Psychology of Spaceflight.

Adena will discuss the topic from a number of perspectives. These perspectives will include focusing on the individual astronaut, the crew as a group, interactions between crew and ground control and the families of crew members who are away from home on long duration missions.

Adena is a psychologist who has a keen interest in space. Since there are humans, not only payloads and satellites, launched into space, she is excited about, and sees the need to explore both her interests: psychology and space, into the area of Psychology of Spaceflight. One of her career goals is to become part of the industry of Space Psychology. She has a dream to be launched into space as part of a research team and/or as a space tourist. She has a B.A., B.Ed (Education Psychology) and a Master of Psychology (counselling). She is currently working in private practice. Her client group is varied, consisting of individuals, couples and families of different ages and in diverse stages of life.

If you can't make it to the meeting in person, join us via the livestream on SAA TV below:

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