| BROADCAST DATE |
LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| February 5 | Kerrie Dougherty, OAM Space Historian former Curator Powerhouse Musuem Ultimo Sydney | Earth-based Applications of Space Technology. Space food, freeze drying, irradiation, thermo stabilising, water purification, shock absorbers under buildings, fireproof coatings, micro pixel sensors in cameras, sports shoes, computer software, management systems and lots more. (Recorded at Melbourne Final Frontier Festival)
Listen or download (8 min 1 s - 7.7 MB) Listen or download introduction about Kerrie's OAM (2 min 25 s - 2.3 MB) |
| February 5 | Michael Neufeld Historian Takoma Park Maryland | A talk about the life and times of Wernher von Braun, based on the book Von Braun : Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" ISBN 978-0-307-38937-4. Part One: The German Years. (Courtesy NASM) |
| February 12 | Michael Neufeld Historian Takoma Park Maryland | A talk about the life and times of Wernher von Braun, based on the book Von Braun : Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" ISBN 978-0-307-38937-4. Part Two: The American Years. (Courtesy NASM) |
| February 19 | Australian Space Agency Opening | The opening this morning of the Adelaide headquarters of the Australian Space Agency. Remarks by Stephen Marshall (Premier, South Australia), Scott Morrison (Prime Minister, Australia), Karen Andrews (Minister for Space and other things) and Megan Clark (Head, Australian Space Agency). Also, from a 2017 meeting of the Space Association of Australia, Tim Parsons (Co-founder, X-Lab) on how to achieve a paradyne shift in politics.
Listen or download (18 min 26 s - 17.7 MB) |
| March 4 | Australis Oscar 5 Celebration | The 50th anniversary celebration of the launch of Australia's first built, second launched, satellite, Australis Oscar 5. Included Professor Mark Cassidy (Dean of Engineering, Melbourne University), Owen Mace (Team leader, Australis Oscar 5), Richard Tonkin (Team Member, Australis Oscar 5) and Nick Crotty (Collections Manager, Scienceworks Museum, Spotswood). (Recorded at Melbourne University)
Listen or download full programme (35 min 6 s - 33.7 MB) Photo: Australis Oscar 5 Team (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: Mark Cassidy (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: Mark Cassidy (courtesy Melbourne University) Listen or download Owen Mace only (15 min 10 s - 14.6 MB) Photo: Owen Mace At Lecturn (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: Owen Mace During Talk (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: Owen Mace chatting at reception (courtesy Melbourne University) Listen or download Nick Crotty only (2 min 15 s - 2.2 MB) Photo: Nick Crotty explains engineering model with recent model further away (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: Nick Crotty (with curatorial gloves), engineering model in foreground and recent copy in background (courtesy Melbourne University) Listen or download description of book (3 min 40 s - 3.5 MB) Photo: Richard Tonkin announces book (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: "Australis Oscar 5" book cover Link to publisher's website |
| March 11 | Australis Oscar 5 Celebration Speeches | The speeches by Amanda Caples (Lead Scientist, Victoria) and Anthony Murfett (Deputy Head, Australian Space Agency) at the 50th anniversary of the launch of theAustralis Oscar 5 satellite.
Listen or download all (21 min 14 s - 20.4 MB) Listen or download Amanda Caples only (7 min 14 s - 7.0 MB) Photo: Amanda Caples speaking (courtesy Melbourne University) Photo: Amanda Caples at function (courtesy Melbourne University) Listen or download Anthony Murfett only (8 min 30 s - 8.2 MB) Photo: Anthony Murfett (courtesy Melbourne University) |
| March 11 | Mark Fittock Project Manager & Systems Engineer Exploration and Science Missions OHP Bremen Germany | An Australian engineer's experience working on the development of the InSight Mars lander's 'Mole' instrument.
Listen or download (6 min 9 s - 5.9 MB) |
| March 25 | Communications needs of the Australian Defence Sector | A panel discussion led by David Ball (Chief Executive Officer, Space Environment Research Centre). Speakers included Ashley Neale (Speedcast Communications), Col Cooper (Viasat Australia), Nick Leake (Optus Networks), Glen Tindall (SES Satellites), Thomas Pfister (Airbus Defence and Space) and Michael de la Chapelle (Boeing Defence Space and Security). (Recorded at Space Industry Association of Australia, Melbourne)
Listen or download (9 min 33 s - 9.2 MB) |
| April 1 | Aussie Movers And Shakers | Audio 'selfies' by some of the leaders of the Australian space industry. Included Rick Bailey (Manager, Geoflex), Jackie Carpenter (Director, One Giant Leap), Michael de la Chapelle (Senior Technical Fellow, Boeing Defence Space and Secirity), Michael Clark (Director, Technical Strategy, Thales Australia), Shawn Cochran (Senior Manager, Raytheon Space Systems), Col Cooper (General Manager, Government and Defence, Viasat Australia), Rob Corey (Chief Executive Officer, Geospatial Intelligence Pty Ltd), George Dyke (Consultant, Symbios Communications Australia), Andy Koronios (Professor, Information Systems, University of South Australia), Nick Leake (Head, Satellite Networks, Optus), Anna Moore (Director, Institute for Space), and Ashley Neale (Vice president, Strategic Business Development, Speedcast Communications.) (Recorded at Space Industry Association of Australia, Melbourne)
Listen or download (27 min 47 s - 26.7 MB) |
| Not Broadcast | Mike Dinn former space tracker Honeysuckle Creek & Tidbinbilla | Tracking Apollo 13 and its Saturn 4B. (Recorded at Space Association of Australia.)
N.B. The recording is not up to broadcast standard, has not been edited, but will reward the attentive and patient listener. Listen or download (9 min 49 s - 9.4 MB) |
| April 29 | Bruce Window former Space Tracker Island Lagoon & Tidbinbilla | How, during the Apollo 13 emergency, he was rushed from Canberra to Parkes to reconfigure the radio telescope to relay signals from Apollo 13 to Mission Control. (Recorded at Space Association of Australia.)
Listen or download (12 min 58 s - 12.5 MB) |
| July 1 | Debatri Chattopadhyay Swinburne University Lucy Strong Hannah Middleton | Compered by Jackie Bondell, a panel discussion about the work of OzGrav, the centre for Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery. Short gamma ray bursts; neutron stars; binary black holes; gravitational waves; practical applications. (Recorded at Scienceworks, Spotswood)
Listen or download (23 min 35 s - 22.7 MB) |
| July 16 | Scott Dewar Director Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation Canberra | Delivering Defence A New Perspective On Space with Project 799. (Recorded at Space Industry Association of Australia, Southbank)
Listen or download (10 min 45 s - 10.3 MB) |
| July 22 | Tony Lindsay Director Lockheed Martin STELaRLabs Tom Johnson Greg Cohen Graig Smith Steven Henry James Palmer | Space Situational Awareness & Space Traffic Management panel discussion. An Australian industry perspective. Essentially space situational awareness is knowing what is orbiting the Earth, and where it is, and space traffic management is making sure your satellite does not collide with someone else's. (Recorded Space Industry Asscociation of Australia, Southbank)
Listen or download (32 min 11 s - 30.9 MB) |
| July 29 | Stan Anderson former Facilities Manager A.R.I.A | The Apollo tracking network of ground, ship and aircraft to support the lunar missions. A detailed description of the Apollo Range Instrumentation Aircraft and how they operated. (Recorded at Sandringham College)
Listen or download (26 min 27 s - 25.4 MB) |
| September 2 | Mark Fittock Spaceflight Hardware Expert Engineer InSight HP3 DLR later OHP Bremen | His job description; the aim of the InSight Mars lander mission; the seismometer and its objectives; the HP3 instrument. (Recorded Engineers Australia, Melbourne, 2019 February 7)
Listen or download (14 min 7 s - 13.6 MB) |
| September 2 | David Wilson Research and Development Engineer Space Science and Astrobiology Division Ames Research Center Mountain View California | SpaceX Red Dragon. Collaboration between SpaceX and NASA; landing spacraft on Mars; subsurface ice at Viking 2 site; natural exchange of material between Mars and Earth; options for sample returns from Mars; planetary prtection; Falcon Heavy and Dragon 2; sample collection, recovery options and funding contracts; Mars One; international missions. N.B. Red Dragon was cancelled in 2017 July. (Recorded Mars Society Australia and Space Association of Australia, Melbourne, 2016)
Listen or download (25 min 52 s - 24.8 MB) |
| September 9 | Peter May Head Of Research Bureau of Meteorology Melbourne | Earth Observations From Space. The Bureau's legislated responsibilies; improving forecasts; numerical modelling and the inputs; the Himawari satellite; ionospheric effects; northern verses southern hemisphere accuracy; reseach and applications; and partnerships. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne) Listen or download (19 min 13 s - 18.51 MB) |
| September 16 | Adam Lewis Head of National Earth and Marine Observations Geoscience Australia George Dyke Sahaun Cochran Michael Clark Rick Bailey Rob Corey | Earth Observation - An Industry Perspective. The roles of industry and government; agile methodologies; educating government about industry capability; what Australia can learn from overseas experience; freely shared weather data; who ultimately pays for Earth observation data; the skills needed to meet the sector growth; the need for new artificial intelligence techniques; and what contribution Australian should make. (Recorded Space Industry Asscociation of Australia, Southbank)
Listen or download (28 min 26 s - 27.3 MB) |
| September 30 | Christopher Wanjek Writer Baltimore | The book Spacefarers; space tourism; getting off Earth; metallic hydrogen fuel; space elevators, sky hooks and orbital rings; growing our presence in space; ISS and Biggelow; political interference detrimental to progress; Antarctica as a model for lunar bases; polar verses equatorial lunar bases; lunar ice; the future of the ISS; lunar resource use; mining and space treaties; hazards on the Moon; where to live on the Moon; lunar hotels; impracticality of lunar cities; view of Earth from Moon. Also book offer (now expired) and music. N.B. The connection with Wankek was via Zoom, and there are occassional patches of poor audio. (Recorded Space Asscociation of Australia.)
* Listen or download (56 min 42 s - 54.4 MB) * View image of book cover |
| October 7 | Nobel Prize Committee Swedish Academy of Sciences Stockholm Sweden | The announcement that Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discoveries about black holes. (Courtesy Nobel Prize Committee) |
| December 16 | Christopher Wanjek Writer Baltimore | The book Spacefarers; getting to Mars - zero gravity and radiation; landing on Mars; cycler orbit; dust; raising children; underground habitat; using boron for radiation absorption; producing oxygen on Mars; the perchlorate problem; light for crop growth; who to send to Mars; artificial intelligence; Earth investment needed to establish and maintain a martian settlement; terraforming Mars; living on or near other planets. Also policies of Trump and Biden, how to work with China, and music. N.B. The connection with Wankek was via Zoom, and there are occassional patches of poor audio. (Recorded Space Asscociation of Australia.)
* Listen or download (46 min 0 s - 44.2 MB) * View publisher's promotional release |
