| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Kim Beazley Leader of The Opposition Parliament House Canberra | Announcement of University of Australia Online. |
| January 31 | Kim Beazley Leader of The Opposition Parliament House Canberra | Announcement of University of Australia Online (abridged). |
| February 7 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena | Water in Forming Planetary Systems. Recorded Melbourne University. Listen or Download (6 min 31 s - 6.1 MB) |
| March 7 | Andrew Thomas NASA Astronaut Houston Texas | Responses to audience questions at Story Hall, Royal Melbourne Intitute of Technology, Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 52 s - 8.3 MB) |
| March 14 | Andrew Thomas NASA Astronaut Houston Texas | Further responses to audience questions at Story Hall, Royal Melbourne Intitute of Technology, Melbourne. Listen or Download (19 min 35 s - 18.3 MB) |
| April 11 | John Young NASA Astronaut Johnson Space Center Houston Texas | Flying the Space Shuttle. |
| April 18 | Professor Udipi Rao Member Space Commission Indian Government also Chairman United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space | Forum Series 7: India and the space economy. A description of the developments in the Indian space programme, and how it addresses a wide range of India's development needs. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (9 min 33 s - 8.9 MB) |
| April 25 | Scott Parazynski NASA Astronaut Johnson Space Center Houston Texas | Astronaut experiences aboard the Space Shuttle. Mention of space tourism as being at least 15 years away. Recorded at The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, South Melbourne. Listen or Download (15 min 41 s - 14.7 MB) |
| May 9 | Gossa Masara Associate Administrator Earth Science NASA | The background and purposes of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, STS 99. Recorded by NASA at Kennedy Space Center. |
| May 9 | Professor Ockham Bocham Member Executive Board German Space Agency (DLR) | European uses of space radar topography data, and the German contribution of the X-band sythetic aperture radar to the STS 99 mission. Recorded by NASA at Kennedy Space Center. |
| May 9 | Dianne Evans Earth Programme Chief Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Civilian applications of the radar topography data gathered by the STS 99 space shuttle mission. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| May 16 | Mary Delahunty Minister for Education Victorian Government Melbourne | Announcement of funding (A$6.4 million) for the establishment of the Victorian Space Education Centre in the grounds of the Strathmore Secondary College, Strathmore, Melbourne. Recorded by DEET at Srathmore Secondary College. Listen or Download (14 min 15 s - 13.3 MB) |
| June 13 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | How and when humans might get to Mars. Recorded Melbourne University. Listen or Download (1 min 34 s - 1.6 MB) Listen or Download Question&Answer session which was not broadcast because the questions were inaudible - although they have been amplified for this placement on Internet (9 min 37 s - 9.0 MB) |
| June 13 | Mike Cobra SRTM Project Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California Tom Heneg Dianne Evans Marian Berner | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Science Briefing. Responses to questions from the press. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| June 20 | Mike Cobra SRTM Project Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Engineering technologies used in the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission of STS 99. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| June 20 | Marian Berner Project Manager X-SAR German Space Agency Germany | How the German Space Agency DLR developed, tested and calibrated the X-band synthetic aperture radar that flew on STS 99. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| June 27 | Professor Serio Dehulio President Italian Space Agency | Italian Involvement in the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, STS 99. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| July 11 | Bill Gerstenmaier Shuttle Programme Integration Manager Johnson Space Centre Houston Texas | Attention to the Little Details needed for successful shuttle mission. Safety upgrades planned for shuttle. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| July 11 | Albert Galeev Director Institute of Space Research Moscow Kuninori Uesugi Peter Wenzel | Forum Series 8: Solar System Exploration. What various space agencies are doing to explore the Solar System in the next decade. Listen or Download (17 min 39 s - 16.5 MB) N.B. This was an edited version of the programme feature broadcast on 1999 Februaty 10. |
| August 1 | Karl Doetsch President International Astronautical Federation delivering address on behalf of Dr. Abdul Maijid Charman SUPARCO Pakistan | Forum Series 9: Space In A Transitioning Economic Scenario In The Developing Countries. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 5 s - 7.5 MB) |
| August 1 | Joseph Hess International Astronautical Federation USA | Forum Series 10: Problems of Emerging Countries. How to overcome the legal and regulatory impediments to accessing the soace economy. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (4 min 26 s - 4.1 MB) |
| August 1 | Professor Udipi Rao Member Space Commission Government of India. | Forum Series 11: Space and the Developing Countries Future - The Indian Experience. How to use space to overcome the problems of population growth and the shift from an agricultural economy to sustainable productivity. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (9 min 47 s - 9.1 MB) |
| August 8 | Jeff Kingwell Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems Canberra | Responses to audience questions about Fedsat. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (5 min 20 s - 5.0 MB) |
| August 8 | Professor Udipi Rao Member Space Commission Government of India. | Space And Power Generation. Response to audience question at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (2 min 54 s - 2.7 MB) |
| August 8 | Joseph Hess International Astronautical Federation USA Karl Doetsch Tony Milne Professor Udipi Rao | Forum Series 12: Integration of Space Industries and Developing Countries. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (6 min 6 s - 5.7 MB) |
| August 8 | Karl Doetsch President International Astronautical Federation Professor Udipi Rao Joseph Hess | Forum Series 13: Dealing With the Cultural Invasion brought by satellite radio and television. Response to audience questions at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (4 min 38 s - 4.3 MB) |
| August 8 | Tony Milne Pro-Vice Chancellor Research and Development University of New South Wales Sydney | Forum Series 14: ASEAN In Space. An examination of what the ASEAN nations are doing in space. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (6 min 6 s - 5.7 MB) |
| August 15 | Gary Payton Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics NASA Washington, D.C. former NASA Astronaut | Forum Series 15: Launch Vehicles for Lower Cost Access To Space. Designing reusable launch vehicles and the decisions needed to engender corporate and government investment. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (9 min 42 s - 9.0 MB) |
| August 15 | Fredrik Engstroem Director of Launchers European Space Agency | Forum Series 16: European Efforts to Lower Cost of Access To Space. Ariane series, Vega and long term developments. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (15 min 46 s - 14.7 MB) |
| August 22 | Gary Payton Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics NASA Washington, D.C. former NASA Astronaut | Forum Series 17: Future X and X-33. Responses to audience questions at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 16 s - 7.7 MB) |
| August 22 | Shigeaki Nomura Special Technical Adviser National Space Development Agency Tokyo | Forum Series 18: Japan's existing launch vehicles, and its HOPE spaceplane. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download full talk - broadcast was edited to 8 minutes (15 min 47 s - 14.8 MB) Listen or Download additional comments that were not broadcast (2 min 41 s - 2.5 MB) |
| September 5 | George Meuller Chief Executive Officer Kistler Aerospace Corporation USA | Forum Series 19: The Kistler K-1 as a Step Towards an Affordable Access to Space. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (9 min 28 s - 8.8 MB) |
| September 5 | Rick Stephens Vice President The Boeing Company Huntington Beach California | Forum Series 20: The Boeing Company's efforts to produce launch vehicles in the wake of the amalgamation of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Rockwell. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (21 min 13 s - 19.8 MB) |
| September 12 | Lorne Raines Editor Space News | Introduction to IAF Forum on "Future of the Space Programme." Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (2 min 17 s - 2.1 MB) |
| September 12 | Professor Michael Miller Director Institute for Telecommunications Research University of South Australia Adealide | Forum Series 21: The Future of Space Communications. Trials of new communications systems, and an assessment of innovative ideas. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (13 min 23 s - 12.5 MB) |
| September 12 | Richard Butler Chairman Asiapsace Melbourne former Secretary General International Telecommunications Union Geneva | Forum Series 22: Digital Satellite Broadcasting. Competition of technologies in a growing marketplace. The Worldspace digital audio broadcasting satellite system as an affordable opportunity in a niche market. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (11 min 11 s - 10.4 MB) |
| September 19 | William O'Neil Chief Technologist Mars Exploration Programme Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Forum Series 23: Future of Deep Space Exploration - a Realisable Dream. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (7 min 4 s - 6.6 MB) |
| September 19 | Yves Trempat Director Toulouse Space Centre CNES Toulouse France | Forum Series 24: Justifying Public Funding of the Future Space Programme. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (6 min 4 s - 5.6 MB) |
| September 26 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California Albert Galeev Atshuhiro Nishida Peter Wenzel | Forum Series 25: Future of Planetary Exploration. Panel responses to audience questions. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. N.B. This was a repeat of the programme feature broadcast on 1999 January 20. Listen or Download (21 min 53 s - 20.5 MB) |
| October 3 | Nikolai Anfimov First Deputy Director TSNIIMASH Central Research Institute for Machine Building Moscow | Forum Series 26: Launch vehicle development in Russia. Current launch vehicles in Russia and the new vehicles and concepts. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (17 min 6 s - 16.0 MB) |
| October 10 | Lt.Col. James King Director National Imagery and Mapping Agency Washington, D.C. Gossa Masara | The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission and the United States's National Security Policy. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| October 17 | Lorne Raines Editor Space News USA Professor Michael Miller Richard Butler William O'Neil Yves Trempat Wubbo Ockels | Forum Series 27: Involving Young people In Space. A panel discussion on the experiences of different agencies and individuals in involving young people in space exploration at different levels. Included the floating of a proposal for a space tax to fund youth space education. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (18 min 33 s - 17.4 MB) |
| October 17 | Lt.Col. James King Director National Imagery and Mapping Agency Washington, D.C. Gossa Masara | How to use the new data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| >November7 | Lt.Col. James King Director National Imagery and Mapping Agency Washington, D.C. Gossa Masara | How to use the new data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| November 7 | Mamoru Mohri NASDA Astronaut National Space Development Agency Japan | Experiences whilst training as an astronaut and in his two spaceflights aboard the Space Shuttle. Recorded at Australasia Pacific Society Meeting, Story Hall, Melbourne. Listen or Download (18 min 48 s - 17.6 MB) |
| November 7 | Janice Voss NASA Astronaut Payload Commander STS 099 | An astronaut's perspective of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Recorded by NASA at Kennedy Space Center. |
| November 14 | Mamoru Mohri NASDA Astronaut National Space Development Agency Japan | Response to audience questions about his experiences whilst training as an astronaut and in his two spaceflights aboard the Space Shuttle. Recorded at Australasia Pacific Society Meeting, Story Hall, Melbourne. Listen or Download (10 min 10 s - 9.5 MB) |
| November 14 | Tom Heneg Manager SRTM National Imaging and Mapping Agency Washington, D.C. | Military Applications of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, STS 99. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| November 21 | Mamoru Mohri NASDA Astronaut National Space Development Agency Japan | Additional responses to audience questions about his experiences whilst training as an astronaut and in his two spaceflights aboard the Space Shuttle. Recorded at Australasia Pacific Society Meeting, Story Hall, Melbourne. Listen or Download (8 min 32 s - 8.0 MB) |
| November 21 | Wubbo Ockels Education Programmes ESTEC The Netherlands former ESA Astronaut | Forum Series 28: What Lies Beyond - The Moon or Mars? A vision for youth involvement in the future space programme. Included a description of the Lunarsat project. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (9 min 11 s - 8.6 MB) |
| November 28 | Richard Butler Chairman Asiapsace Melbourne former Secretary General International Telecommunications Union Geneva | Forum Series 29: Space Tax for Youth Space Education. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (4 min 50 s - 4.5 MB) |
| November 28 | Wubbo Ockels Education Programmes ESTEC The Netherlands former ESA Astronaut | Forum Series 30: The Lunarsat project as a youth space education and involvement project for the European Space Agency. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (2 min 21 s - 2.2 MB) |
| November 28 | Wubbo Ockels Education Programmes ESTEC The Netherlands former ESA Astronaut Yves Trempat | Forum Series 31: Getting youth involved in the space programmes of the world. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (4 min 59 s - 4.6 MB) |
| November 28 | Peter Wood former Chairman of Board International Space University | Forum Series 32: Training youth at the International Space University to prepare them for careerins in the world space industry. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (3 min 16 s - 3.0 MB) |
| November 28 | Peter Wood former Chairman of Board International Space University | Forum Series 32: Training youth at the International Space University to prepare them for careerins in the world space industry. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. |
| November 28 | Unknown speaker | Participant at the IAF Congress puts argument for creating a spacefaring civilisation. Recorded at World Congress Centre, Melbourne. Listen or Download (57 s - 0.9 MB) |
| December 4 | Lt.Col. James King Director National Imagery and Mapping Agency Washington, D.C. Gossa Masara Professor Ockham Bocham Professor Serio Dehulio | The technology of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Responses of panelists to reporter's questions. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
| December 4 | Scott Higginbotham STS 99 Payload Manager NASA | From Dream to reality - the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Recorded by NASA at Johnson Space Center. |
