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February Public Meeting | Race for the Moon: Soviet Lunar Ambitions

Mon, 25 Feb 2019
07:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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

DATE: Monday, 25 February 2019
TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
VENUE: Imperial Hotel, 2-8 Bourke Street (Cnr Bourke Street & Spring Street), Melbourne

HOW TO FIND US: We'll be in the Treasury Room on Level 1 - use the elevator next to the bar or take the stairs up one level. 

MEALS AVAILABLE: Place your meal order in the Treasury Room and have it delivered to your table.

The meeting will be streamed live here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04paku2YxM4 and then made available on-demand via the Space Association's YouTube channel - SAA.TV

This meeting will include Part 6 of our monthly feature series leading up to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11: Footsteps to the Moon: Countdown to Apollo 11.

This series provides monthly progress reports on the lead up to and execution of the Apollo 11 Moon landing that took place in July 1969.

Each month we will summarise the key activities and missions flown in that month 50 years ago between September 1968 and July 1969. This will culminate at our July 2019 meeting, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.

Schedule

7:00 pm
Association business: Public Forum on the Moon | Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Celebrations | Avalon Airshow 2019
7:10 pm
Footsteps to the Moon: Countdown to Apollo 11 - Part 6 with Peter Aylward
7:20 pm
Feature: Race for the Moon - Soviet Lunar Ambitions with Mark Hillyer & Igor Rozenberg
8:15 pm
Break for networking/socialising
8:30 pm
Member activities: How is Russia preparing for long-duration space missions with SAA member Dr Shane Usher
9:00 pm
Space News - Part 1: Space Industry Update with Angelo Di Grazia
9:30 pm
Space News - Part 2: Planetary and Space Science Update with Andrew Rennie
10:00 pm
End
Imperial Hotel
2-8 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

PO Box 351, Mulgrave, Victoria, 3170, Australia

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