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August 2022
.LDAS Monthly Meeting – How to Build a Mars Rover, a talk by Paul Meacham.
Paul Meacham is the Engineering Manager for the ExoMars Rover Vehicle Project at Airbus Defence and Space, Stevenage. As his job title suggests, Paul is responsible for all engineering aspects of the ExoMars Rover - a project he has been involved with since 2011. His talk will cover the main engineering aspects and challenges that need to be overcome in order to design, build and test a Martian Rover, drawing examples from the various Mars Rovers that have been targeted…
Find out more »September 2022
Monthly Meeting – Discovering and Imaging Planetary Nebulae
Tonight's talk will be given by Peter Goodhew. Peter is part of an international pro-am collaborative network dedicated to discovering and imaging planetary nebulae. He will talk about how planetary nebulae are being discovered, and will present the techniques used for imaging such challeging objects. There will be a short refreshment break followed by an astronomy news update from Gordon Ewen.
Find out more »October 2022
Monthly Meeting – Transits
Mike Foulkes will give a talk on transits in general and will talk particularly about transits of Venus anbd Mercury. There will be a short break and an astronmomy news update from Gordon Ewen. Costs: £2 for members and £3 for non-members.
Find out more »November 2022
Monthly Meeting – A Universe of Infinities
Tonight Colin Stuart will talk about a Universe of Infinities. Should be interesting to find out how many there are! There will be a break and an astronomy news update from Gordon Ewen. Costs £2 for members and £3 for non-members.
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