Space Association of Australia Inc.
powered by TidyHQJanuary Public Meeting | Fallen Astronauts: The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy
January Public Meeting | Fallen Astronauts: The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy
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.
The meeting will be streamed live and then made available on-demand via the Space Association's YouTube channel - SAA.TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SQ5ROF1D1M
Tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204) on 27 January 1967. The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch on 21 February 1967. Astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module of what came to be known as Apollo 1.
Agenda
| 7:15 - 7:30 | Association business: Launch of the Australian Space Network on Meetup | Meeting dates for 2017 | Remembering Gene Cernan |
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| 7:30 - 8:30 | Fallen Astronauts: The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 1 tragedy |
| 8:30 - 8:50 | Break for socialising |
| 8:50 - 9:30 | Space news: An update on the potential impact of a Trump Administration on the US space program | Planetary and space science updates |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Space news: A wrap up of New Space developments and a look ahead to what's in store for commercial space in 2017 |
