| BROADCAST DATE |
LECTURER | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| February 1 | Rowena Christiansen The Melbourne Medical School University of Melbourne Melbourne | A Primer on What Happens to the Human Body in Space. Microgravity, oxygen and pressure; the cardiovascular system; changes in the heart; respiratory function; height growth; bone mineral density; bowels; balance and space sickness; vision; stress; immune system; skin; kidneys; reproductive system; dental; and exposure to vavuum. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (16 min 25 s - 15.8 MB) |
| February 15 | Sophia Frentz Vice President Women In Science and Engineering Melbourne | Dudes on the Moon; Russian female astronauts; Margaret Hamilton; Valentina Tereshkova; Mae Jemison; Mars Orbiter Mission; Anoush Ansari; Sally Ride and tampons; Women to Mars; menstruation and contraception on long duration spaceflights. Also Q&A: Sex education and changing attitudes; Sally Ride's sexuality; and role models. (Recorded at Melbourne Final Frontier Festival)
* Listen or download full feature (38 min 0 s - 36.5 MB) * Listen or download talk only (23 min 42 s - 22.8 MB) * Listen or download Q&A only (5 min 22 s - 5.2 MB) * Image of Sophia Frentz |
| February 22 | Fran Bagenal Professor Laboratory for Astmospheric and Space Physics University of Colorado Boulder Colorado | The New Horizons spacecraft and its findings at Pluto. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
* Listen or download (17 min 19 s - 16.6 MB) * Listen or download response to question about Pluto's icy crust. (1 min 4 s - 1 MB) * Listen or download response to question about Pluto's geology (0 min 34 s - 0.6 MB) * Listen or download full Pluto feature, including lecture, interview and music (32 min 34 s - 31.3 MB) |
| February 22 | Graziella Caprarelli Division of ITEE University of South Australia Adelaide | Mars' Lunae Planum: it's location, history amd origin. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
* Listen or download introduction explaining geological ages of Mars (0 min 32 s - 0.5 MB) * Listen or download (12 min 35 s - 12.1 MB) |
| March 1 | Matthew Tetlow Inovar Technologies Adelaide | The South Australian University Satellite, a QB50 cubesat called SUSat. The payload and its design specifications, the satellite's hardware functions, attitude control, and the parts made in Australia. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne) * Listen or download the Space Show's introduction to the QB50 project (4 min 32 s - 4.4 MB) * Listen or download (9 min 50 s - 9.4 MB) |
| March 1 | Joon Cheong Australian Centre for Space Engineering and Research University of New South Wales Sydney | The UNSW-ECO satellite, a QB50 cubesat also known as QB50 AU-2. The genesis of the project, the compenents of the satellite, radio signal occultation, reflectometry to determine sea state, attitude and control systems, vibration and environmental testing at the Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre on Mount Stromlo, anticipated deployment from the International Space Station. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne) Listen or download (12 min 54 s - 12.4 MB) |
| March 1 | Iver Cairns Professor University of Sydney Sydney | Inspire 2, a QB50 cubesat also designated AU03. The participannts in the project, the granting of an Australian Government satellite export licence, the instruments and what they will do, testing at the Advanced Instrumentation Technology Centre on Mount Stromlo, and acceptance for flight. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne) Listen or download (13 min 33 s - 13.0 MB) |
| March 8 | Sebastian Chaoui Quberider Sydney | In a talk titled Training The Youth To Aim For The Stars the Quberider project is described, what its objectives are, and how up to 3000 student software experiments can be hosted. The Quberider payload was launched to the International Space Station in 2016.
* Listen or download entire segment (29 min 23 s - 28.2 MB) * Listen or download talk (14 min 23 s - 13.8 MB) * Listen or download Q&A (11 min 24 s - 11.0 MB) |
| March 15 | Alice Gorman Director of Studies for the Department of Archaeology Flinders University Adelaide | Space junk and archaeology. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
* Listen or download (10 min 17 s - 9.9 MB) * Image of Alice Gorman |
| April 5 | Alice Gorman Director of Studies for the Department of Archaeology Flinders University Adelaide | Understanding Space Junk Question and Answer. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (14 min 57 s - 14 MB) |
| April 12 | Katie Mack Astrohysicist Melbourne University Melbourne | "Dispatches From A Dark Universe" : Dark energy, dark matter and ordinary matter; edge of the observable universe; the Big Bang and its afterglow; the Higgs boson; alternative universes; question and ansewer session. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
* Listen or download lecture (14 min 58 s - 14.4 MB) * Listen or download question and answer session (7 min 16 s - 7.0 MB) <-- * Image of Katie Mack --> |
| April 26 | Michael Davis Chair Space Industry Association of Australia Adelaide | Five reasons for calling for the formation of an Australian Space Agency. Listen or download (2 min 38 s - 2.5 MB) |
| April 26 | Mark Ramsay Advisory Council Member Space Industry Association of Australia Adelaide | Recent changes in the space industry leads to a call for the formation of an Australian Space Agency. Listen or download (5 min 9 s - 5.0 MB) |
| April 26 | Owen Mace Australis Oscar 5 Team Member formerly University of Melbourne Melbourne | Missed Opportunities: Australian attitudes towards themselves; Australian inventions; Australis Oscar 5; scientific balloons; Aussat B; Fedsat; submarines; and intellectual property. Listen or download (23 min 57 s - 23.0 MB) (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University) Image of Owen Mace |
| April 26 | Alice Gorman Advisory Council Member Space Industry Association of Australia Adelaide | A brief history of Australian involvement in space. Listen or download (3 min 40 s - 3.5 MB) |
| May 3 | Warwick Holmes former Engineer at ESA Sydney | The case for Australia becoming a member of the European Space Agency. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (24 min 7 s - 23.2 MB) Image of Warwick Holmes |
| May 10 | Jason Held Founder Saber Astronautics Sydney | Australian opportunities lost and future. How disruptive technologies change behaviour. NBN Co and Optus. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (20 min 19 s - 23.0 MB) Image of Jason Held |
| May 10 | Brett Biddington Owner Biddington Research Pty. Ltd. Melbourne | Space policy in Australia. Relationship between NASA and Australia. The legacy of Woomera and Pine Gap. The giggle factor of space and politicians. Hopes for the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (23 min 35 s - 22.7 MB) Image of Brett Biddington |
| May 17 | Mark Todd Senior Policy Officer Space Coordination Office Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Canberra | What "space" means to Australians; outlines space policy functions; Australian government activities and agencies; issueance of launch certificates; opportunities for Australian industry and the move to smaller satellites; and the review of the Space Activities Act. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (14 min 3 s - 13.5 MB) |
| May 17 | Russell Boyce Chairman National Committee for Space And Radio Science Australian Aceadmy of Science Canberra | The Academy's submission to the review of the Space Activities Act. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (4 min 24 s - 4.2 MB) |
| May 17 | Russell Boyce Chairman National Committee for Space And Radio Science Australian Aceadmy of Science Canberra | Mid-term review of the Decadal Plan for Space Science. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (1 min 14 s - 1.2 MB) |
| May 17 | Brett Biddington Owner, Biddington Research Pty. Ltd. Melbourne | Status of the Australian Satellite Utilisation Policy. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (6 min 18 s - 6.1 MB) |
| May 17 | Upulie Divisekera Ph.D. Candidate Monash University Clayton | In response to a question from the audience, Upulie gives her personal view on a mooted Australian Space Agency. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (2 min 23 s - 2.3 MB) |
| May 24 | Jason Held Founder Saber Astronautics Sydney Owen Mace Brett Biddington | The role of venture capital in space activities. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (6 min 22 s - 2.3 MB) |
| May 24 | Troy McCann formerly of the Melbourne Space Program Melbourne | Growing Australia's space sector. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (13 min 4 s - 12.5 MB) Photo of Troy |
| June 7 | Jan King former Engineer Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland now of Noosa, NSW | The negotiations that led to the launch of Australis Oscar 5 on 1970 January 23. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (29 min 18 s - 28.1 MB) Photo of Jan |
| June 7 | Jan King Engineer Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Maryland Owen Mace Richard Tonkin | Oscar 5 and Wresat 1; Oscar 5's Stanley tape measure antanna; OSCAR acronymn; meaning of success for team members.
Listen or download (6 min 6 s - 5.6 MB) Photo of Jan |
| June 14 | Stephen Howard Member Australis Oscar 5 Team Melbourne University | The magnetic stabilisation system for Australis Oscar 5. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (13 min 17 s - 12.8 MB) Photo of Steve |
| June 14 | Paul Dunn Member Australis Oscar 5 Team Melbourne University | The casing box for Oscar 5 and computer coding. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (2 min 21 s - 2.3 MB) Photo of Paul |
| June 21 | Peter Nikoloff Executive Director Nova Systems Secretary | The Space Industry Association's white paper calling for the formation of an Australian Space Agency; the International Astronautical Federation Congress to be held this year in Adelaide. Introduced by Grace Lai (Founder, Periop Partners, Melbourne) (Recorded at Lab 14, Melbourne)
Listen or download (17 min 47 s - 17.1 MB) |
| July 12 | Mike Pence Vice President United States of America Donald Trump | The announcement of the reformation of the United States Space Council to oversee that nation's space activities. (Courtesy White House) |
| July 19 | Igor Rozenberg Member Space Association of Australia Melbourne | A history of Australian spaceports, both actual and proposed. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (13 min 34 s - 13.0 MB) Photo of Igor |
| September 6 | Igor Rozenberg Member Space Association of Australia Melbourne | A description of an educational magazine that has been relaunched. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (2 min 49 s - 2.7 MB) Photo of Igor |
| September 6 | Kerrie Dougherty Space Historian former Curator Powerhouse Museum Sydney | A description of how Emergency Positioning Beacons work. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (1 min 45 s - 1.7 MB) Photo of Kerrie |
| September 13 | Linda Spilker Cassini Project Scientist Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena California | "Going Out In A Blaze Of Glory" : The achievements of the Cassini mission to Saturn, and how the mission will end this Friday. (Courtesy JPL) |
| October 18 | Neutron Stars Merge | From Old Parliament House in Canberra and from the National Science Foundation in Washington, descriptions of the gravitational wave and electromagnetic wave detection of the merger of two neutron stars. See the 2017 Documentaries page for a full description and audio. |
| October 25 | Kathleen Campbell Professor of Earth Science University of Auckland Auckland | The astrobiology of hot springs on early Earth and Mars. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (20 min 50 s - 20.0 MB) |
| October 25 | Kerrie Dougherty Space Historian former Curator Powerhouse Museum Sydney | Medical advances from space research. (Recorded at Final Frontier Festival, Melbourne University)
Listen or download (5 min 7 s - 4.9 MB) Photo of Kerrie |
| November 1 | Kimberley Norris University of Tasmania Hobart | Antarctic Behavioural Health As Space Analogue. The psychological challenges; team cohesion; facilitation of goal achievement; absent family and friends; before you go stress; relationship risks; adaptation whilst away and upon return; and, embedding psychological help. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (19 min 13 s - 18.4 MB) |
| November 8 | Douglas Griffin Space Missions Lead University of New South Wales Canberra | Buccaneer Risk Mitigation Mission. The aims of the two Australian satellites, the launch and deployment sequence, and on-board data processing. (Recorded at 16th Australian Space Research Conference, Story Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne)
Listen or download (6 min 33 s - 6.3 MB) |
| December 20 | Bill Barrett Asia-Pacific Aerospace Consultants Sydney | The changing nature of the space industry; space is an essential part of our infrastructure; the smallsat revolution has reduced costs, making the barriers to entry lower; and the growth of the commercial sector.
Listen or download (5 min 25 s - 5.2 MB) |
