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March Public Meeting | Spider and Gumdrop: The Flight of Apollo 9

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

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

DATE: Monday, 25 March 2019
TIME: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
NEW VENUE: Golden Gate Hotel, 238 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne

HOW TO FIND US: Take a tram from Southern Cross Station down Spencer Street  towards South Melbourne. We'll be in the Coventry Room on Level 1.

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

The meeting will be streamed live here https://bit.ly/2OefMWO and then made available on-demand via the Space Association's YouTube channel - SAA.TV.

This meeting will include Part 7 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: Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Celebrations
7:15 pm
Feature: Footsteps to the Moon: Countdown to Apollo 11 - Part 7 | Spider and Gumdrop: The Flight of Apollo 9 with Peter Aylward
8:00 pm
Break for networking/socialising
8:20 pm
Member activities: Chile Nights - Join SAA member Dr Len Halprin as he recounts his tour of several astronomical observatories high in the Andes
8:50 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
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Golden Gate Hotel
238 Clarendon St, South Melbourne VIC 3205, Australia

PO Box 351, Mulgrave, Victoria, 3170, Australia

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