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| BROADCAST DATE | GUEST | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Andrew Rennie President Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Interview by Alan Walker: space developments at Christmas Island, the Sydney Observatory, Powerhouse Museum, Observatories at Coonabarabran, Milleneum celebrations in Sydney. |
| February 2 | Andrew Cheng Project Scientist Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission Applied Physics Laboratory The Johns Hopkins University Laurel Maryland | Plans to orbit asteroid Eros, and the science to be done once in orbit. Listen or Download (4 min 3 s - 3.7 MB) |
| February 9 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Live from the Kennedy Space Center, a description of the abortive launch attempt of STS 99, and a description of the interior of the Vehicle Assembly Building and the view from the roof. |
| March 1 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Live from Hong Kong, a description of the launch of STS 99, as seen from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Also descriptions of an Atlas Centaur and a Delta 2 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral. |
| March 8 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Eye witness discussion of the launch of two uncrewed rockets - an Atlas and a Delta - from Cape Canaveral. |
| March 8 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | An eyewitness account of the launch of STS 99, as seen from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building. |
| March 15 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Staffing changes at the Kennedy Space Center due to contracting out of Shuttle servicing work. |
| March 22 | George Meuller Kistler Aerospace Corporation | The Kister K-1 rocket, plans to build a launch base at Woomera, Meuller's work on Saturn 5 and Space Shuttle, disappointment at lack of research and failure to colonise Mars and mine the asteroids, Russian engine technology, the Kistler team. Listen or Download (12 min 48 s - 11.9 MB) |
| March 29 | Rolf Mamen Director-General Space Operations Canadian Space Agency | Radarsat 1 - the satellite and its data, and use in sea ice, forestry, geology, desert sand penetration and Antarctic mapping. Also Radarsat 2 discussed. Listen or Download (11 min 37 s - 10.9 MB) |
| March 29 | Mary Manley Engineering Specialist Advanced Programs Engineering Space Systems Division Boeing North American Downey California | The Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station, and how it will replace the Soyuz as emergency return. Listen or Download (9 min 38 s - 9.0 MB) |
| April 5 | Tony Langdon Member Moorabbin and District Radio Club Moorabbin | Development of interest in radio. The difference between commercial communications satellites and amateur ones. The things one can do with the Amsat Oscar and other satellites. Included sample recordings, including mobile from tram and bus. |
| April 5 | Geoff Perry Kettering Group Kettering UK | Start of Kettering Group, and tracking of Sputnik 4. Included sound of Sputnik 4. Interview by Astronautical Society of Western Australia Listen or Download (3 min 1 s - 2.8 MB) |
| April 12 | Dr. Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | The search for extrasolar planets in the Origins programme; what got him started into planetary research; asteroid named after him. Listen or Download (4 min 20 s - 4.0 MB) |
| April 12 | Rick Chappell Adjunct Professor of Physics Vanderbilt University former Associate Director for Science former NASA Mission Specialist astronaut | Career with NASA, investigation of Earth's magnetosphere from van Allen until today, training as astronaut, the Waves in Space Experiment, practical application of ionospheric studies, work now in science communication. Listen or Download (19 min 37 s - 18.0 MB) |
| May 10 | Robert Mitchell Cassini Programme Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Europa and the Europa Orbiter Mission. Possible ocean on Europa, current knowledge of Europa, Voayer and Galileo, scientific objectives and powering of Europa Orbiter Mission. Listen or Download (12 min 31 s - 11.7 MB) |
| May 17 | Robert Mitchell Cassini Programme Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Challenges facing the Europa Orbiter Mission Listen or Download (4 min 45 s - 4.4 MB) |
| May 24 | Dr Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Exploring the Solar System. The Jupiter Galileo Europa Mission, Io, Cassini to Saturn, Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Mercury, aerobots at Venus, Solar Probe, Moon. Listen or Download (10 min 41 s - 10.0 MB) |
| June 7 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Plans to document the NASA ground support equipment at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
| June 7 | Alex Craven Director Victorian Youth Space Forum Melbourne | Forthcoming Victorian Youth Space Forum, Space Futures 2000 Conference. |
| June 7 | Michelle Hyduke Director Public Relations Australian Students Space Association Melbourne | Australian Students Space Association, Work Experience Programme, Science Works Youth Week Programme. |
| June 7 | Dr Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Shuttle Imaging Radar, Comets and the Genesis mission. Listen or Download (5 min 30 s - 5.1 MB) |
| June 21 | Peter Wenzel Head of Solar System Division Space Science Department European Space Technology Centre European Space Agency The Netherlands | Mercury Orbiter Mission and exploring the solar environment with Helios and SOHO. Listen or Download (14 min 29 s - 13.5 MB) |
| July 5 | Peter Aylward Councillor Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Visit to Kennedy Space Centre. Resuse of old ground equipment, The Bone Yard, Apollo Launch Towers, corrosion, Saturn 5 remains, Visit to Pad 39A (Space Shuttle), Shuttle Thermal Insulation. |
| July 5 | Dr Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Then and Now of Planetary Exploration - addressing the problem of getting to the planets more often than in the past. Listen or Download (2 min 43 s - 2.6 MB) |
| July 12 | Peter Wenzel Head of Solar System Division Space Science Department European Space Technology Centre European Space Agency The Netherlands | Rosetta mission and comets Listen or Download (11 min 55 s - 11.1 MB) |
| July 19 | Abigail Ogada-Osin Balwyn High School Alex Tweedie Delegates | Activities at the 2000 Victorian Youth Space Forum |
| July 19 | Peter Aylward Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Buran display in Sydney |
| July 26 | Oleg Sokolov Sector Chief Khrunichev Space Centre Moscow | How the Almaz and Salyut space station designs evolved and were passed into the International Space Station. Listen or Download (4 min 51 s - 4.5 MB) |
| July 26 | Robert Mitchell Cassini Programme Manager Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | The Cassini mission - signatures to Saturn, Huygens and Titan, rings of Saturn, trajectory. Listen or Download (16 min 27 s - 15.4 MB) Read an article about the signatures. |
| August 2 | Bernard Harris Vice-President Spacehab Houston Texas former NASA Astronaut | Experiences as a Physician and NASA Astronaut (Spacelab D2 and Mir rendezvous). Listen or Download (8 min 5 s - 7.5 MB) |
| August 2 | Peter Aylward Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Mir and ISS visibility over Melbourne. |
| August 9 | Oleg Sokolov Sector Chief Khrunichev Space Centre Moscow | The Soviet Lunar Programme - what happened and what might have been - why the Soviets never beat the Americans to the Moon; Khrunichev marketing efforts. Listen or Download (12 min 21 s - 11.5 MB) |
| August 9 | James Powell Principal Plus Ultra Technologies New York | Europa sample return and nuclear rockets. Listen or download (9 min 28 s - 8.9 MB) |
| August 16 | Gerry Soffen Director of Office of University programmes NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | Mission to Planet Earth and the education programme to disperse the data. Listen or download (5 min 10 s - 4.8 MB) |
| August 16 | Sergei Zhukov Director Russian Technology Centre Moscow | Discussion of the equipment developed to support the Russian Space programme and now being marketed worldwide. Interviewer: Mark Hillyer, Space Association of Australia. Listen or Download (10 min 21 s - 9.7 MB) Listen or Download unbroadcast part of interview with Zhukov and Galina Zachosova (Manager, Design Bureau of Transport Machinery, Moscow) about rocket launch facilities (7 min 46 s - 7.2 MB) |
| August 30 | Peter Wenzel Head of Solar System Division Space Science Department European Space Technology Centre European Space Agency The Netherlands | SMART - Small Missions for Advanced Research and Technology, an European initiative to do exciting space missions cheaper. Listen or Download (5 min 54 s - 5.5 MB) |
| August 30 | Lt. Col. Jim Knox United States Air Force (speaking in private capacity) | Detecting Threatening Asteroids Listen or Download (6 min 3 s - 5.6 MB) |
| September 6 | Lt. Col. Jim Knox United States Air Force (speaking in private capacity) | The Asteroid Threat to Earth, and how to avert it. Listen or Download (13 min 11 s - 12.3 MB) |
| October 4 | Oleg Sokolov Sector Chief Khrunichev Space Centre Moscow | The Rockot rocket. Its origin as the SS-19, and the START treaty; its capabilty; its market appeal. Listen or Download (12 min 49 s - 12.0 MB) |
| October 4 | Dan Brandenstein Executive Vice-President and Programme Manager Kistler K1 Programme former NASA Astronaut | Brandenstein's career in the Navey, NASA and industry, and why he joined the Kistler launch vehicle project. Listen or Download (5 min 3 s - 4.7 MB) |
| October 11 | Micael Fuchs Marketing Manager Propulsion and Explosive Systems Directorate Rafael Haifa Israel | The Offeq and Sloshsat satellites and the Shavit launch vehicle. Listen or Download (6 min 22 s - 5.9 MB) |
| October 11 | Sergei Jiltsov Head Press Department Khrunichev Space Centre Moscow | Khrunichev Space Centre's current projects and their progenitors. Included Geostar, Zarya, Proton M, Angara, Almaz, and Salyut 7. Interviewer: Mark Hillyer, Space Association of Australia. Listen or Download (8 min 16 s - 7.7 MB) |
| October 18 | Danielle Andrews Commercial Space Services Division Brazsat São Jose dos Campos Brazil | Brazsat company projects, including experiments to fly on Space Shuttle missions STS 107 and STS 117, Brazillian astronaut plans and Space Station work. Listen or Download (4 min 3 s - 3.7 MB) |
| November 8 | Sam Venneri Chief Technologist NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | Technology development to support future missions, and how that technology will affect all aspects of our lives here on Earth. Listen or Download (19 min 0 s - 17.8 MB) |
| November 15 | James Powell Principal Plus Ultra Technologies New York | Nuclear powered missions to Europa. Submarine exploration of Europan ocean and sample return. Listen or download (15 min 30 s - 14.5 MB) |
| November 15 | Jean-Marc Philippe Keo Paris | Plan for a cosmic time capsule to orbit the Earth for 50 000 years. Details of messages to future generations and how that message will be engraved onto zircon. Listen or Download (11 min 54 s - 11.1 MB) |
| November 22 | Peter Aylward Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Description of experiences at Open Day at Johnson Space Center, Houston, and Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
| November 22 | Peter Aylward Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Eyewitness account of a recent Delta rocket launch from the Kennedy Space Center. |
| November 29 | Ray Haskell Quality Engineer Thiokol Propulsion Systems Utah | Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters. The role of Thiokol in manufacture, transport and launch preparation. Interview by Peter Aylward. Listen or download (15 min 56 s - 14.9 MB) |
| December 6 | Peter Aylward Space Association of Australia Melbourne | How to see the International Space Station. |
| December 6 | Glenn Cunningham Manager Surveyor Flight Operations Project formerly Manager Mars Global Surveyor Project Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Getting Mars Global Surveyor to Mars - how success was snatched from the jaws of failure. Listen or Download (10 min 51 s - 10.1 MB) |
| December 13 | Hans Schlegal ESA Astronaut Germany | Overview of career, including Spacelab D2 mission and acting as backup to a Euromir mission. Interview by Peter Aylward. Listen or download (5 min 45 s - 5.3 MB) |
| December 13 | Ron Caswell Engineer Lockheed Martin Kennedy Space Center Florida | Working on Space Station hardware. Advice on how to meet an ambition. Listen or Download (7 min 20 s - 6.8 MB) |
| December 20 | Glenn Cunningham Manager Surveyor Flight Operations Project formerly Manager Mars Global Surveyor Project Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Settling Mars Global Surveyor into orbit about Mars, and early mission results. Listen or Download (6 min 27 s - 5.9 MB) |
| December 20 | Gregg Maryniak Executive Director X Prize Foundation St Louis Missouri | What the Listen or Download (20 min 7 s - 18.7 MB) |
| December 20 | John Coleman Vice-Chairman Australian Space Research Institute Melbourne | Current activities of the Australian Space Research Institute - FARIS (First Amateur Rocket In Space), Ausroc 3 sounding rocket, Zuni student research payloads and JAESat (Joint Australian Engineering Satellite). Also comments on the X Prize. |
