| BROADCAST DATE | LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 21 | Hollywood Meets The Labcoats - Part One | Panel discussion on how science fiction films portray living in space. Chaired by Rod Quantock the panelist were: Heather Couper (TV Producer, UK); Gail Jennings (Science Journalist, ABC TV); David Lowe (Research Director, Walter Eliza Hall Institute); David Smith (Director, Mind Body and Soul, Museum Victoria); Barbara Crean (Cinema Studies, Melbourne University); and Kevin Manning (Managing Director, STARS, Aerospace Education International). (Recorded at Science NOW, Melbourne Exhibition Centre) Listen or download discussion (34 min 41 s - 32.5 MB) |
| January 28 | Hollywood Meets The Labcoats - Part Two | Panel discussion on how science fiction films portray living in space. Chaired by Rod Quantock the panelist were: Heather Couper (TV Producer, UK); Gail Jennings (Science Journalist, ABC TV); David Lowe (Research Director, Walter Eliza Hall Institute); David Smith (Director, Mind Body and Soul, Museum Victoria); Barbara Crean (Cinema Studies, Melbourne University); and Kevin Manning (Managing Director, STARS, Aerospace Education International). (Recorded at Science NOW, Melbourne Exhibition Centre) Listen or download discussion (8 min 08 s - 7.6 MB) |
| January 28 | Robin Haighton President AMSAT North America Burlington Ontario | Surviving the van Allen radiation belt with AO-40 amateur radio satellite. (Recorded at the Moorabbin & District Radio Club, Moorabbin) Listen or download (1 min 32 s - 1.4 MB) |
| February 25 | Wayne Hale Space Shuttle Program Manager Kennedy Space Center Florida | Safety Corrective processes in the Space Shuttle programme. The PRACA (Problems Reporting And Corrective Actions system and how it is employed. Determining when to cut-off the Orbiter's engines during a launch. Also configuring the power systems aboard the international Space Station. (Recorded at KSC) |
| February 25 | Leroy Cain Launch Integration Manager Kennedy Space Center Florida | Vibrations experienced by the Space Shuttle stack during rollout to the launch pad. (Recorded at KSC) |
| February 25 | Mike Leinbach Shuttle launch Director Kennedy Space Center Florida | When to continue or abandon a launch countdown. (Recorded at KSC) |
| February 25 | Robbie Ashley STS 115 Payload Manager Kennedy Space Center Florida | Testing the Shuttle's thermal protection system. (Recorded at KSC) |
| March 25 | Barack Obama President United States of America | Address to and discussion with the crews of the International Space Station and STS 119. (Courtesy NASA) |
| April 1 | Wilton Sanders Program Scientist Chandra Xray Observatory | An update on the observations being made by the Chandra Xray Observatory. (Courtesy NASA) |
| April 1 | David Koch Deputy Principal Investigator Kepler Mission Armando Piloto | Exploration of Keppler's mission to search for habitable extrasolar planets. (Courtesy KSC) |
| April 15 | Anthony Colaprete Principal Investigator LCROSS Ames Research Center Mountain View California | Prospecting For Water On The Moon with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. (Courtesy ARC) |
| April 29 | Charles Elachi Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California Andy Damfois Rick Vermeer Keyor Patel Mike A'Hearn | Out of the Space Show archive, the post impact press conference of the Deep Impact mission to a comet. (Courtesy JPL) |
| May 6 | Robin Haighton President AMSAT North America Burlington Ontario | Power supplies aboard amateur radio satellites. (Recorded at the Moorabbin & District Radio Club, Moorabbin) Listen or download (1 min 47 s - 1.7 MB) |
| May 6 | John Chabman Shuttle Esternal Tank Manager Kennedy Space Center Florida | The effect of fuelling and defuelling on the external tank's thermal insulation. (Recorded at KSC) |
| May 6 | Wayne Hale Space Shuttle Program Manager Kennedy Space Center Florida | The reason mission management meetings are held just before a Space Shuttle launch. Also the inspections now carried out on the Orbiter's thermal protection system (heat shield) once the craft is in orbit. (Recorded at KSC) |
| May 6 | Mike Leinbach Shuttle launch Director Kennedy Space Center Florida | The effect of rain and hail on a Space Shuttle whilst it is at the launch pad. (Recorded at KSC) |
| June 3 | Brian Day Education and Outreach Leader LCROSS | Public Participation In The LCROSS Mission. How amateur astronomers can help observe the impact of the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite into the Moons south polar region. (Courtesy ARC) |
| June 10 | Brian Day Education and Outreach Leader LCROSS | Search for water on the Moon by the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Courtesy ARC) |
| June 17 | Anthony Colaprete Principal Investigator LCROSS Ames Research Center Mountain View California | The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite instrumentation and amateur astronomical observations sought for lunar impact. (Courtesy ARC) |
| August 12 | Detma Müller Scientist School of Geosciences University of Sydney Sydney | Tectonic activity in Antacrtica and its possible implications for Australia. (Recorded at Melbourne Exhibition Center) Listen or download (27 min 26 s - 25.7 MB) |
| August 12 | Colleen Hartman Director Solar System Exploration Division NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. | The superceeded proposal for a Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter. (Courtesy JPL) |
| August 12 | Robert Papalardo NASA Public Affairs | The new plan for a Jupiter System Mission in the form of a NASA Jupiter Europa Orbiter and an ESA Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter. (Courtesy NASA) |
| August 19 | Martin Harwit Professor Cornell University Ithica New York | Infrared Astronomy. Infrared absorption by the atmosphere, infrared satellites, star formation and early dust in the universe. (Recorded at ScienceWorks, Spotswood) Listen or download lecture (50 min 59 s - 47.8 MB) |
| August 26 | Martin Harwit Professor Cornell University Ithica New York | Infrared Astronomy. Responses to questions posed by audience members. (Recorded at ScienceWorks, Spotswood) Listen or download lecture (7 min 47 s - 7.3 MB) |
| September 2 | Anthony Colaprete Principal Investigator LCROSS Ames Research Center Mountain View California | Responses to audience questions about the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. (Courtesy ARC) |
| September 9 | Martin Harwit Professor Cornell University Ithica New York | Infrared Astronomy. Further responses to questions posed by audience members. (Recorded at ScienceWorks, Spotswood) Listen or download lecture (3 min 20 s - 3.1 MB) |
| October 07 | Harrison Schmitt former Apollo 17 astronaut, geologist, U.S. Senator. | Helium-3 fuelled fusion rockets as means of returning to Moon. (Recorded at Redback Brewery Hotel, North Melbourne) Listen or download (5 min 46 s - 5.4 MB) |
| December 2 | Varoujan Gorjian Astronomer Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | What happens when galaxies collide? (Courtesy JPL) |
| December 2 | Robert Hurt Astronomer Spitzer Science Center California | Why Pluto isn't a planet anymore. (Courtesy SSC) |
| December 2 | Davy Kirkpatrick Astronomer Caltech Los Angeles California | What brown dwarfs are. (Courtesy CIT) |
| December 02 | Michelle Thaller Astronomer Spitzer Science Center California | Why the Spitzer Space Telescope is painted black. (Courtesy SSC) |
| December 2 | Robert Hurt Astronomer Spitzer Science Center California | The solar wind. (Courtesy SSC) |
| December 2 | Donald Yeomans Near Earth Object Program Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | The fact and fiction of the movie 2012. (Courtesy JPL) |
