| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 29 | SRI Employee | Computers on Space Station compared to those on the Space Shuttle. Recorded at Monash University, Clayton. |
| February 19 | David Malin Anglo-Australian Observatory Siding Spring Coonabarabran | Planetary Nebulae and Supernovae. Recorded at the Australian International Space School, Sydney. Listen or Download (8 min 14 s - 7.7 MB) |
| March 12 | Jill Tarter Project Leader Project Phoenix Parkes Radio Telescope Parkes | What if a signal is received from an extraterrestrial intelligence? Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (19 min 0 s - 17.8 MB) |
| April 2 | Don Watts Charman Australian Space Council Canberra | A five year plan for a National Space Programme for Australia. Recorded at Industry Briefing, South Melbourne. Listen or Download (18 min 11 s - 17.0 MB) |
| April 16 | Charlie and Dottie Duke former NASA astronaut and wife USA | The experience of flying to the Moon, the effect of the hero stutus on their marriage, the book Moonwalker, contemplation of suicide, spiritual renewal, current missionary work. Recorded at Christian Businessmens function, St Paul's Southern Cross Anglican Church, North Caulfield. The original broadcast was 19 minutes long. That edit, approximately the first 18 minutes of his 55 minute talk, has been erased. Listen or Download unedited lecture which begins as Duke describes his return to Earth at the end of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. (51 min 10 s - 47.9 MB) |
| April 16 | John Young NASA Astronaut Houston | Apollo 16. Recorded at Public Lecture, Canberra. Listen or Download (19 min 1 s - 17.8 MB) |
| April 23 | John Young NASA Astronaut Houston | Selecting Apollo landing sites, lunar roving vehicle deployment. Recorded at Public Lecture, Canberra. Listen or Download Landing site (1 min 41 s - 1.5 MB) Listen or Download LRV (1 min 26 s - 1.3 MB) |
| April 23 | David Malin Anglo-Australian Observatory Siding Spring Coonabarabran | The advantages of using charged couple device or silve halide film for astronomical imaging compared. The shape of our galaxy. Also why astronomical images have rings and star crosses on them. Recorded at the Australian International Space School, Sydney. Listen or Download Star Crosses (1 min 42 s - 1.6 MB) Listen or Download CCD (2 min 2 s - 1.9 MB) Listen or Download Galaxy shape(4 min 29 s - 4.2 MB) |
| April 30 | David Malin Anglo-Australian Observatory Siding Spring Coonabarabran | History of astrophotography. Recorded at the Australian International Space School, Sydney. Listen or Download (15 min 58 s - 14.9 MB) |
| May 7 | David Malin Anglo-Australian Observatory Siding Spring Coonabarabran | Supernovae and our galaxy. Recoded at the Australian International Space School, Sydney. Note: The 18 minute radio edit was erased after broadcast. The following unedited recording has many visual references. Listen or Download (24 min 18 s - 22.7 MB) |
| May 14 | Andrew Prentice Mathematics Department Monash University Clayton | Source of the inspiration for his ideas, planetismals, Kuiper Belt, Cassini mission, Tungushka event. Recorded at Space Association of Australia, Moorabbin. Listen or Download (19 min 33 s - 18.3 MB) |
| May 14 | Geoff Perry Kettering Group Kettering United Kingdom | Tracking Soyuz spacecraft, spy satellites and Cosmos 954. Recorded at La Trobe University, Bundoora. Listen or Download (13 min 2 s - 12.2 MB) NOTE: The following extracts from the talk were not broadcast. * How early equipment was aquired Listen or Download (5 min 2 s - 4.6 MB) * The nuclear powered ocean reconnaissance satellites Listen or Download (1 min 50 s - 1.7 MB) * The American TDRSS and SDS satellites Listen or Download (3 min 31 s - 3.3 MB) |
| May 21 | David McKay NASA Scientist USA | Evidence of fossil lifeforms in Martian meteorites. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download New Life Form Found? (3 min 8 s - 2.9 MB) |
| May 21 | Ed Stone Project Manager Project Galileo Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | Exploring the Moons of Jupiter using the Galileo spacecraft. Recorded at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Listen or Download (7 min 38 s - 7.1 MB) Listen or Download an offcut not broadcast (4 min 32 s - 4.2 MB) |
| June 4 | Malcolm Farrow Executive Director Australia Space Council Canberra | Developing a public appreciation of space. Recorded at Industry Briefing, South Melbourne. Listen or Download (1 min 4 s - 1.1 MB) |
| June 25 | Geoff Perry Kettering Group Kettering United Kingdom | Tacking the Voskhod spacecraft. Recorded at Monash University, Clayton. Listen or download (3 min 27 s - 3.2 MB) |
| July 2 | Andrew Cheng Project Scientist Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland | Description of the NEAR spacecraft and its flyby of the asteroid Mathilde. (Courtesy NASA TV). |
| July 23 | Caroline Shoemaker Astronomer Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona | Search for impact craters in Australia. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (5 min 27 s - 5.1 MB) |
| July 23 | Duncan Steel Anglo-Australian Observatory and University of Adelaide Adelaide | The Shoemakers, naming comets. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (6 min 45 s - 6.3 MB) |
| July 30 | Jeremy Mould Director Mount Stromlo Observatory Mount Stromlo | The Mount Stromlo Exploratorium. Recorded at Fundraising Function, Melbourne. Listen or Download (15 min 2 s - 14.7 MB) |
| July 30 | Sir Gustav Nossel President Australian Academy of Science Canberra | Australian Astronomy and the Mount Stromlo Exploratorium. Recorded at Fundraising Function, Melbourne. Listen or Download (3 min 53 s - 3.6 MB) |
| August 6 | Dan Goldin Administrator NASA Washington D.C. | A vision for exploring space. Recorded by overseas source. |
| September 3 | Ed Stone Project Manager Galileo Mission Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena Califronia | The Pluto Express. Recorded at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Listen or Download (1 min 4 s - 1.0 MB) |
| September 17 | Ed Stone Project Manager Galileo Mission Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena Califronia | Galileo's Journey to Jupiter. Includes Ida flyby, probe release and descent, and orbital operations. Recorded at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Listen or Download (24 min 9 s - 22.6 MB) |
| October 8 | Duncan Steel Anglo-Australian Observatory and University of Adelaide Adelaide | Effect of an Asteroid Impact on the Earth. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. (Rebroadcast from 1996 December) Listen or Download (20 min 22 s - 19.1 MB) |
| October 8 | Richard Tonkin Member Australian Space Business Council Melbourne | Sputnik 1. Lecture to mark 40th anniversary of launch. Recorded at Scienceworks Museum. Listen or Download (6 min 3 s - 5.6 MB) |
| October 15 | Duncan Steel Anglo-Australian Observatory and University of Adelaide Adelaide | Impact Cratering In Australia. Recorded at Melbourne University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (5 min 50 s - 5.4 MB) |
| December | Brian Embleton Director Cooperative Research Center for Satellite Systems Canberra | Tecnical details of the experiments of the Fedsat satellite. Recorded at the Australian Space Research Institute, Melbourne. NOTE: The broadcast edit of this talk was erased after broadcast. The following includes technical details that were not broadcast. * Listen or Download (12 min 1 s - 11.3 MB) * Listen or Download Question & Answer session (5 min 5 s - 4.7 MB) |
| Not Broadcast | Jelco Karlovic Astronomer Melbourne Planetarium Museum of Victoria Melbourne | History of the recently closed Melbourne Planetarium and plans for a new planetarium at Science Works in Spotswood. NOTE: Not broadcast because it contained too many visual references and the sound quality varied because the speaker moved away from the microphone. This unedited recording may be use to those with a particular interest in the Melbourne Planetarium. Listen or Download (21 min 39 s - 20.3 MB) |
