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. Join us for a presentation on "The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit: From Concept to International Space Station" with our guest speaker, Dr James Waldie. The brainchild of Australian aerospace engineer, Dr James Waldie, the Skinsuit has been worn by an astronaut inside the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time.  Denmark’s first astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, spent 10 days aboard the ISS in September 2015 and pulled on the Skinsuit to test its effectiveness in the weightless conditions. Inspired by the striking bodysuit worn by Cathy Freeman at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Dr Waldie and his collaborators have spent more than 15 years getting the suit into space. Skin-tight and made of bi-directional elastics, the Skinsuit has been designed to mimic the impact of gravity on the body to reduce the debilitating physical effects space flights have on astronauts’ bodies.                   Dr James Waldie Aerospace Engineer at BAE Systems Melbourne, Australia  Dr James Waldie (MIEAust CPEng) graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace) and Bachelor of Business (Administration) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). He continued on as a Research Scholar at the University of California in San Diego for his Masters, and earned his PhD from RMIT in 2005, working on skinsuits for extra- and intra-vehicular activity.   He has worked for BAE Systems since 2002, initially designing several UAVs and operating them around Australia, and attending the International Space University Summer Session in 2004.   In 2007 he was selected as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he worked principally on skinsuits as physical deconditioning countermeasures until 2010. Returning to BAE Systems in Australia, he has since been a Research and Technology Lead at BAE.  He has also become a Senior Associate at RMIT, serving as a Principal Investigator for the ESA-led Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit (GLCS) programme.   Dr Waldie is on the Executive of the Mars Society Australia and has also been a Project Lead for the Society since 2001, developing skinsuits for analogue trials in Australia and in the U.S.

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. Remembering Challenger 30 Years On: The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of 28 January 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. The crew of STS-51-L: Front row from left, Mike Smith, Dick Scobee, Ron McNair. Back row from left, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, Judith Resnik. Image Credit: NASA

The SAA is delighted to announce it’s first event for 2016! We will be hosting a lunchtime lecture by author, lecturer, space advocate and director emeritus of U.S. Space Camp, Ed Buckbee in Melbourne, on Thursday January 7th. Ed was commissioned as an U.S. Army officer in 1958. He served at the U. S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL and U. S. Special Forces, Ft. Bragg, NC. In 1961 he transferred to the newly formed NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center where he worked for rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. As a NASA public affairs officer, he worked with all the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts. He continues to be associated with America’s space program as an advocate of human space flight. Read more about Ed’s amazing life here This will be a unique opportunity to meet and hear from a man that was at the very epicentre of the US manned space program at the height of the space race! What - Lecture Greatest Space Generation-The REAL Space Cowboys by Ed Buckbee When - Thursday January 7th, 12:00 – 4:00 pm Come along early and have some lunch in the Bistro We will then move in to the adjacent function room for Ed’s lecture at 2:30 to 3:30 pm (please note you can't take or have meals delivered to the function room) Feel free to just come to the lecture! Where - The Mail Exchange Hotel - 688 Bourke St, Melbourne Cost - This is a free event (you’ll need to purchase your own lunch & drinks) RSVP - Seating is strictly limited and open to anyone. To reserve your seat please send an email to spaceflight@space.asn.au with your number of confirmed guests ASAP. More details will be published soon at www.space.asn.au Seasons Greetings and we look forward to seeing you on the 7th! The Space Association of Australia Inc www.space.asn.au www.meetup.com/MelSpaceNet Buckbee (left) and von Braun view a live demonstration of the first exhibit for the Space & Rocket Center during a filming of “Today in Space” produced by Buckbee in 1970. 162

You are invited to join us for the final meeting of the Space Association of Australia for 2015 - all welcome! Our third annual Space Trivia Night is free and open to all members, non members, friends and family. These nights are loads of fun and have become the social highlight of the SAA calendar. 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. For planning purposes, we ask that you RSVP your intention to attend and how many will be in your party by clicking on the  Buy Tickets  button at right.​ There is no 'fee', this just allows us to know how many to plan for. To help the night flow, please be at the RSL at or before 7.00 pm so that we can form teams and seat accordingly (we do plan to mix the groups up so please be open to the possibility of sitting with people you may or may not know). We would also like you to place meal orders prior to getting started so the meals can be delivered upstairs at 8.00 pm. So, dust off your space knowledge, get lots of sleep, eat healthy, get out and exercise and most of all, be ready for a fun night, we look forward to seeing you there! 60

The Space Association of Australia is a Proud Partner of An Evening with Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars - presented by Live on Stage Australia. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.

The Space Association of Australia is a Proud Partner of An Evening with Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars - presented by Live on Stage Australia. Final tickets are available from Ticketmaster.

This is the free monthly meeting of the Space Association of Australia - all welcome! Guest speaker: Mark Smith - Nanosat Eye in the Sky: Building a Cubesat in Melbourne 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.

As a current financial member of the Space Association of Australia, you are invited to nominate to win one of three A-Premium double passes (valued at $340 each) to An Evening with Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars events - one for the 27 November Sydney show and two for the 29 November Melbourne show.  SYDNEY: DATE 27-11-2015  TIME 08:00 PM – 10:30 PM LOCATION State Theatre, 49 Market Street, Sydney   MELBOURNE: DATE 29-11-2015  TIME 08:00 PM – 10:30 PM LOCATION Melbourne Town Hall, 90-120 Swanston Street, Melbourne To confirn your intention to participate in the prize draw, simply nominate the city or cities of your choice by clicking on the  Buy Tickets  button at right and selecting the appropriate free prize draw ticket or tickets.​  NOTE: Prizes include entry only - travel, accommodation and expenses are not included. You must be willing and able to travel to the city you nominate to attend at your own expense - see Terms & Conditions below.   TERMS AND CONDITIONS  Entry:  1. The Space Association of Australia Inc. (SAA) is the promoter of this competition, which will run from 1 September 2015 until 4 November 2015 unless and until cancelled by the SAA at any time at its sole discretion.  2. The SAA will hold a prize draw giving financial members of the SAA the chance to win one of three (3) premium double-passes (valued at $340 each) to the Buzz Aldrin events - one for the 27 November Sydney show and two for the 29 November Melbourne show. All Members as at 7.00 pm on 4 November 2015 will be automatically entered into the Prize Draw for the relevant city or cities, of their choosing.  3. In consideration for entry into the competition, SAA members agree to be bound by these terms and conditions and shall at all times act in good faith towards the SAA and the competition.  4. The competition is not open to any individual who is not a financial Member of the SAA at the time of the prize draw.  Prize: 5. The Prize Draw will take place at the studios of 88.3 Southern FM in Brighton, Victoria, Australia and will be broadcast live on Southern FM during the The Space Show on Wednesday, 4 November 2015. The winners will be the first name to be selected at random from all of the eligible Members as at the date of the Prize Draw. 6. The winner of each Prize will contacted directly by Live on Stage Australia (the show's producers).  7. The Prize winner (and a guardian if under 16) will be required to give their consent to the following: (i) for the winner’s name and (if applicable) photograph to be published on the SAA website; (ii) for the winner’s name to be disclosed to any person requesting that SAA confirm the identity of a Prize winner; and (iii) for the winner’s name and/or photograph to be published for promotional purposes.  8. Any ancillary costs and expenses associated with the Prize, such as subsistence, accommodation and travel, will not be provided by SAA and shall be borne by the winner. The Prize is non-transferable and no cash alternative is available.  9. If any winner, drawn at random, is unable or unwilling to: (i) accept the Prize; or (ii) provide the consent requested at paragraph 7 above, subsequent draws will take place until a new winner is found who is able/willing to accept the Prize and provide the necessary consent.  10. Subject to paragraphs 7 and 8 above, details of each Prize Draw winner will be made available upon request from the SAA. 11. The SAA reserves the right to cancel or amend any Prize Draw, the Competition or these Conditions without notice in the event of the occurrence of circumstances beyond its reasonable control. 

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.  

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.

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.

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.