| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 10 | Duncan Steel Anglo-Australian Observatory and University of Adelaide Adelaide | Finding asteroids, Spaceguard, cost of asteroid impact. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (15 min 11 s - 14.2 MB) |
| February 7 | Colin Norman Johns Hopkins University Baltimore | Orion and Black holes, why Hubble Space Telescope is so exciting. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. NOTE: This speaker was peripatetic, so audio quality was barely broadcastable. Listen or Download (7 min 40 s - 7.1 MB) |
| February 21 | Jill Tarter Project Leader Project Phoenix SETI Institute Parkes Radio Telescope Parkes | Signal processing in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (11 min 5 s - 10.3 MB) |
| March 14 | Jeremy Mould Director Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories | Observatory on Moon. Recorded at Astronomical Society of Victoria, Melbourne. |
| Not Broadcast | Caroline Shoemaker Eugene Shoemaker Astronomers Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona | "Comets, Craters and Catastrophes" This lecture was recorded on 1996 March 28 in the Copland Theatre of Melbourne University, Melbourne. NOTE: Unfortunately the Shoemakers did not use the lecturn microphones, making this recording unbroadcastable. We post it here because it was possibly the last time the Shoemakers spoke publicly about their work. It rewards the patient listener with an insight into their remarkable scientific partnership. * Caroline's talk Listen or Download (20 min 33 s - 19.2 MB) * Eugene's talk Listen or Download (50 min 58 s - 47.7 MB) * Question & Answer session Listen or Download (16 min 28 s - 15.4 MB) * Vote of Thanks Listen or Download (2 min 36 s - 2.4 MB) |
| April 10 | Paul Scully-Power Oceanographer/Astronaut USA (ex-Australia) | Experiences aboard the Space Shuttle. Recorded at Australian International Space School, Sydney. Listen or Download Talk (31 min 2 s - 28.4 MB) Listen or Download Q&A (2 min 35 s - 2.3 MB) Picture |
| April 10 | David Allen Anglo-Australian Observatory Coonabarabran/Epping | Collisions of Stars in the Galaxy. Recorded at Astronomical Society of Victoria, Melbourne. Listen or download (1 min 35 s - 1.5 MB) |
| April 10 | John Young NASA Astronaut Houston | Space debris. Recorded at Public Lecture, Canberra. Listen or Download (2 min 23 s - 2.2 MB) |
| April 17 | Andrew Prentice Monash University Clayton | Pluto and the Inner planets. Recorded at Space Association of Australia, Canberra. Listen or Download (20 min 56 s - 19.6 MB) |
| April 17 | Gordon Pike Optus Communications Sydney | Chinese missiles and early satellite launch vehicles. Recorded at Institution of Engineers, Melbourne. Listen or Download (6 min 52 s - 6.4 MB) |
| April 24 | Carl Meade NASA Astronaut Houston | Preparing the Space Shuttle for launch, liftoff, experience of spaceflight, landing. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (17 min 5 s - 16.0 MB) |
| May 8 | Jeremy Mould Director Mt Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories Introduced by Ron Eckers | The Hubble Constant and the age of the Universe. Recorded at University of Melbourne, Melbourne. NOTE: This lecture was edited down to 20 minutes for broadcast. That edit has been erased, so the 35 minute edit below is an approximation of the broadcast. The full lecture recording contains many visual and graphical references. Listen or Download Edited Lecture (35 min 19 s - 33.1 MB) Listen or Download Full Unedited Lecture (1 h 1 min 11 s - 57.3 MB) |
| June 5 | Gordon Pike Institution of Engineers Sydney | Origin of the concept of a spaceport at Cape York, Queensland. Recorded at Intitution of Engineers, Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 10 s - 8.5 MB) Listen or Download an unedited unbroadcast part of talk (23 min 41 s - 21.7 MB) |
| June 5 | Duncan Steel Anglo-Australian Observatory and University of Adelaide | Gradualism and catastrophism, Caroline and Eugene Shoemaker. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (13 min 26 s - 12.6 MB) |
| June 12 | Jill Tarter Project Leader Project Phoenix USA | Where to look in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download (12 min 2 s - 11.2 MB) |
| June 12 | Gordon Pike Institution of Engineers Sydney | The history of the Cape York spaceport proposal, the payload advantage of using Cape York, user charges needed to make the spaceport profitable. Recorded at Clunies Ross House, Melbourne. * Talk Listen or Download (9 min 49 s - 9.0 MB) * Payload Advantage and user charges Listen or Download (4 min 12 s - 3.8 MB) * Final part of talk and Question & Answer session unedited that was not broadcast Listen or Download (32 min 11 s - 29.5 MB) |
| June 26 | SRI Representative USA | Robotics on the Space Station. Recorded at Space Association of Australia, Clayton. Listen or Download (6 min 54 s - 6.4 MB) |
| July 31 | Bob Mansfield Manager Optus Communications Sydney | Optus B satellite system. Recorded at Company function, Sydney. |
| July 31 | Guillermo Lemarchand University of Buneos Aires Argentina | History of the Searh for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Recorded at Space Association of Australia, Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 55 s - 8.3 MB) |
| August 7 | James Hurtak Co-Author "The Face On Mars" | Evidence that Mars could have supported an ancient biosphere. Recorded at Monash University, Clayton. Listen or download (7 min 37 s - 7.1 MB) |
| September 18 | Space Station Research at SRI | Suggestions on how Australia could become involved in the International Space Station, purpose of space station, controlling traffic around space station. Recorded at Space Association of Australia, Clayton. Listen or Download (16 min 33 s - 15.5 MB) |
| September 18 | Andrew Prentice Monash University Clayton | Supersonic Turbulence and the formation of planets. Recorded at Space Association of Australia, Moorabbin. Listen or Download (15 min 37 s - 14.6 MB) |
| October 9 | Andrew Thomas NASA Astronaut Houston | Interview by Jon Faine by kind permission of ABC Radio 3LO |
| October 16 | Don Watts Chairman Australian Space Council Malcolm Farrow Executive Director Australian Space Council | National Space Programme five year plan. Recorded at Industry Briefing, South Melbourne. Listen or Download Part 1 of briefing - Watts (13 min 8 s - 12.3 MB) N.B. Broadcast version of this part was edited to 5 minutes. Listen or Download Part 2 of briefing - Farrow (10 min 43 s - 10.0 MB) N.B. Broadcast version of this part was edited to 10 minutes. Listen or Download Part 3 of briefing - Farrow (10 min 38 s - 9.9 MB) N.B. Broadcast version of this part was edited to 9 minutes. Listen or Download unbroadcast part of briefing (6 min 54 s - 6.4 MB) N.B. The concluding part of this briefing was broadcast on 1997 April 2. See the 1997 Lectures listing page. |
| November 6 | James Hurtak Co-Author "The Face On Mars" | Face On Cydonia. Recorded at a private lecture at Monash University, Clayton. NOTE: The Space Show does NOT endorse the content of these recordings. This lecture was NOT organised by Monash University. * Introduction by Mark Hillyer Listen or Download (1 min 8 s - 1.0 MB) * 13 minutes of Hurtak's talk was broadcast. That edit was erased imediately after broadcast. Here is the first 29 minutes of the talk, which includes the part that was broadcast. Listen or Download (29 min 22 s - 27.5 MB) * The final portion of Part 1 of the talk, which was not broadcast. Enhancing Viking images of the Cydonia region. Listen or Download (8 min 54 s - 8.3 MB) * Part 2 of the talk, none of which was broadcast. Imaging techniques and radar mapping. Listen or Download (18 min 4 s - 16.9 MB) * Part 3 of the talk, none of which was broadcast. UFO's and ancient alien visits. Listen or Download (15 min 12 s - 14.2 MB) * The question and answer session, in which Hurtak's ideas are challenged, was not broadcast. Listen or Download (17 min 23 s - 16.2 MB) |
| November 27 | David McKay NASA Scientist Houston | Fossil Life on Mars. Recorded at Melbourne University. NOTE: The broadcast edit of this lecture was not retained. Listen or Download full unedited McKay Lecture (except final few minutes which was not recorded because our tape ran out) (1 h 5 min 25 s - 61.3 MB) |
| December | Duncan Steel Anglo-Australian Observatory and University of Adelaide | Asteroid Impact Effect. Recorded at Melbourne University. (Rebroadcast 1997 October 8) Listen or Download (20 min 22 s - 19.1 MB) |
| Not Broadcast | University of Melbourne Scientists | Life On Mars?. Following the announcement that possible fossils had been discovered in a meteorite from Mars, a public lecture was delivered by five sccientists from the University of Melbourne. Recorded at Melbourne University on 1996 August 22, this event was never broadcast because the speakers were peripatetic, and did not use the microphone. This caused the recording quality to be variable and not up to broadcast standard. However, if you are prepared to give this recording your close attention, you will be rewarded with an insight into the 1996 reaction to the life on Mars claim. Part Two includes questions from the audience. |
N.B. The dates are the broadcast date, not the date on which they were recorded.
