BIS Lecture

 

THE SPACE SHUTTLE: Thirty years of flights, thirty years of lessons learned

Dr Matt Melis (NASA Glenn Research Center)

UCL Astronomy weekend - lectures

  Working on Mars Time

Craig Leff, MSc

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LIFE: Origins on Earth and searching the cosmos

Dr Lewis Dartnell & Dr Nick Lane

UCL Astronomy weekend - lectures

The Space Shuttle: Final Mission & Legacy

Dr Kevin Fong

University College London

Watch his BBC TV documentary

His talk started with his background, he did an astrophysics degree then medical degree, then worked with NASA after having applied to the Johnson Space Centre for funding.  This lecture was to cover the extra footage he would have liked to have included which the BBC thought too much.

Autographica

Autographica was a weekend event in London, in October 2011. We started with a drinks reception Friday night, followed by a day of speaking with the astronauts, obtaining signatures and attending talks. When I approached Jerry Bostick for his autograph, and handed him a copy of his book, he was stunned that I had obtained a copy and jumped up and hugged me! I got it from here, though I notice it appears to be available on Amazon now.

On Saturday evening we had dinner with Bruce McCandless, who regaled us with many stories and was happy to answer our questions. On Sunday we attended more talks, some for the second time, and chatted with the astronauts when they did not have queues at their tables. A great weekend!

Jerry Bostick

Ed Mitchell

Norman Thagard, Kathryn Thornton,
Bill Oefelein, Tom Jones, Bruce McCandless

Bruce McCandless

Tom Jones