| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| March 22 | Dr. Robert Zubrin Mars Long Term Strategy Working Group | The parallels between exporation of Earth's polar areas and the exploration of Mars, and why private enterprise might be better suited to organising Mars expeditions than government. Recorded at Story Hall, Melbourne. Listen or Download (21 min 2 s - 19.6 MB) |
| April 5 | Richard Tonkin former member Melbourne University Astronautical Society Melbourne | The construction and launch of Oscar 5, the Australis Amateur Radio satellite. Recorded at Scienceworks Museum, Spotswood. Listen or Download (3 min 24 s - 3.1 MB) |
| April 12 | Professor Martin Harwit Cornell University Professor Rick Chappell | Dangers from cosmic rays for astronauts. Listen or Download (2 min 1 s - 1.9 MB) |
| April 19 | Chris Timmey Research Scientist Anglo-Australian Observatory Coonabarabran | How Australian Astronomy may develop. Not in space, in Antarctica. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (7 min 29 s - 7.0 MB) |
| April 19 | Frank Papa Spacelink Consulting Melbourne Jeff Kingwell Rick Chappell Proferssor Martin Harwit Chris Timmey | Panel responses to audience questions: efficiency of transposing Russian launch operations to Australia; astronomy from space verses from Antactica; cooperative space activities between Australia and the U.S.A.; Canberra Deep Space Complex; Earth Observing System; Fedsat. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (9 min 1 s - 8.4 MB) |
| April 26 | Jeff Kingwell Cooperative Centre for Satellite Systems Canberra | A New Direction for Australia in Space. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (21 min 11 s - 19.8 MB) |
| April 26 | Rick Chappell Adjunct Professor of Physics Venderbilt University former NASA Mission Specialist Astronaut 1976 - 1985 former Associate Director for Science Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabamba | Space Station and space science activities. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (11 min 4 s - 10.3 MB) |
| May 3 | Rick Chappell Adjunct Professor of Physics Venderbilt University former NASA Mission Specialist Astronaut 1976 - 1985 former Associate Director for Science Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Alabamba | Space Tourism, Presenting space to a wider community, Powering space propulsion systems. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (6 min 2 s - 5.6 MB) |
| May 3 | Frank Papa Spacelink Consulting Melbourne | Why Overseas Concerns Have Their Eyes on Australia. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (6 min 59 s - 6.5 MB) |
| May 3 | Proferssor Martin Harwit Cornell University former Director (1987 - 1995) National Air and Space Museum Washington D.C. | Directions in Astronomy - curent and future astronomy. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (18 min 13 s - 17.0 MB) |
| May 10 | Malcolm Walter Adjunct Professor Macquarrie University | Early Life on Earth and Mars. Recorded at Victoria University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (16 min 10 s - 15.1 MB) |
| May 17 | Andrew Thomas Australian born NASA Astronaut Houston | Cosmonaut Training. Relating his experiences while training to live aboard the Mir Space Station. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne. Listen or Download Introduction by Richard Tonkin (6 min 38 s - 6.2 MB) Listen or Download Lecture (12 min 48 s - 12.0 MB) |
| May 24 | Andrew Thomas Australian born NASA Astronaut Houston | Mission To Mir - relating his experiences being launched by the Space Shuttle and arriving aboard and setting down to life aboard the Mir Space Station. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne. Listen or Download (11 min 22 s - 10.6 MB) |
| June 14 | Andrew Thomas Australian born NASA Astronaut Houston | Spacewalk and View Out the Window of the Mir Space Station. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne. Listen or Download (10 min 31 s - 9.8 MB) |
| June 21 | Malcolm Walter Adjunct Professor Macquarrie University | Finding Life On Mars. Strategies for exploring Mars. Geologic and environmental history of Mars. Sample return missions. Recorded at Victoria University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (16 min 37 s - 15.5 MB) |
| June 28 | Malcolm Walter Adjunct Professor Macquarrie University | Quarantine of Samples Returned From Mars. Recorded at Victoria University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (1 min 41 s - 1.5 MB) |
| July 5 | Andrew Thomas Australian born NASA Astronaut Houston | A Day Aboard Mir. A typical day aboard the Russian Space Station Mir. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne. Listen or Download (5 min 43 s - 5.3 MB) |
| July 12 | Jeff Kingwell Cooperative Research Centre for Satellite Systems Canberra | The Cooperative Research Centre and space development programme, including Fedsat. Recorded at ScienceNow! forum, Melbourne Exhibition Centre. Listen or Download (3 min 10 s - 2.9 MB) |
| July 26 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena | Mars and the Search for Life Elsewhere in the Solar System. Recorded at Melbourne University. Listen or Download Introduction to lecture (2 min 49 s - 2.6 MB) Listen or Download (11 min 1 s - 10.3 MB) |
| August 2 | Malcolm Walter Adjunct Professor Macquarrie University | Crewing Manned Mars Missions. Recorded at Victoria University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (2 min 35 s - 2.4 MB) |
| August 16 | Andrew Thomas Australian born NASA Astronaut Houston | Return to Earth after 141 days in space, most of them aboard the Russian Space Station Mir. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne. Listen or Download (5 min 32 s - 5.1 MB) |
| August 23 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena | Exploring Mars and Europa. Recorded Melbourne University. Listen or Download (14 min 38 s - 13.7 MB) |
| August 23 | Andrew Thomas Australian born NASA Astronaut Houston | Responses to audience questions about his space missions. Recorded at Story Hall, RMIT, Melbourne. Listen or Download (11 min 4 s - 10.3 MB) |
| August 30 | Malcolm Walter Adjunct Professor Macquarrie University | How life may have been transfered between planets, particularly Earth and Mars. Recorded at Victoria University, Melbourne. Listen or Download (2 min 40 s - 2.5 MB) |
| October 25 | Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena | Landing a probe onto the surface of Titan and plans to use aerogel to sample cometary dust. Recorded Melbourne University. Listen or Download (9 min 12 s - 8.6 MB) |
