Links for you to download presentations given at recent Space Group or other associated events

Notes

Event date Title Speaker Lecture flyer Presentation files
2011        
      
2010        
16 September 2010The UK Space Agency and ESA.Dr David Williams, Acting Chief Executive, UK Space Agency & Chairman of the ESA Council. lecture flyer.. 
17 June 2010Space Activities in the State of Israel.Dr Zvi Kaplan, Director General, Israel Space Agency. lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
17 February 2010Arianespace - 30 Years of Success. 

Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & CEO, Arianespace.

lecture flyer.. PDF 3.2 MB

PDF 90 KB (post-lecture article)

2009        
16 December 2009Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space TelescopeDr Antonella Nota, Associate Director, Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore), European Space Agency. (at RAeS Stevenage branch)

(no lecture flyer)

PDF 112 KB (post-lecture article).
16 July 2009Apollo 11: Forty Years On.Chris Riley and David Woods. lecture flyer..Presentation not available.
30 June 2009Space Tourism: A New Industry in the Making.Major one-day Society conference. conference flyer.. 
30 April 2009 Herschel and Planck.Dr David Southwood, European Space Agency. lecture flyer..

Presentation not available.

2008

12 November 2008 Europe's Role in the International Space Station. Jean-François Clervoy, ESA Astronaut, European Space Agency. lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
03 July 2008 What is Needed to Extend Life Permanently Beyond Earth? Elon Musk, Owner & CEO, SpaceX. lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
03 June 2008 The Key to Economic Hypersonic Flight and Access to space: Hydrogen Fuelled Pre-Cooled Jet Engines. Dr Alan Bond, Managing Director, Reaction Engines Limited. lecture flyer..   PPT 4.3 MB 
13 February 2008 The Real Space Race - Spy Satellites in the Cold War. Mr Pat Norris, Space & Defence Strategy Manager, LogicaCMG. lecture flyer..   PDF 4.5 MB 

2007

04 October 2007 50th Anniversary of Sputnik. Dr Chris Welch, University of Kingston.
Alex Tai, Virgin Galactic.
lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
06 September 2007 Europe's Weather Satellites. Dr Lars Prahm, Director General, EUMETSAT. lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
23 May 2007 The Role of Satellites in the International Polar Year. Dr David Carlson, IPY International Programme Office. lecture flyer..   PDF 29 MB

  MOV 104 MB

04 April 2007 Pushing the Boundaries. (one-day conference) One-day conference organised by the RAeS Aviation Medicine Group and co-hosted by the RAeS Space Group. conference flyer.. Available from RAeS Conference Office.
01 February 2007 Skynet 5, Britain's new military space system. Patrick Wood, EADS Astrium. lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
2006        
26 October 2006 Britain's Space Programme -a returning eye view. Dr David Williams, BNSC. lecture flyer..   PPT 51.3 MB
07 June 2006 Space Tourism: from lofty dreams to commercial reality. (one-day conference) Major one-day Society conference. conference flyer.. Proceedings on CDROM available from RAeS Conference Office.
10 May 2006 Venus Express. Dr Jerry Bolter, EADS Astrium. lecture flyer..   PPT 14.1 MB
11 April 2006 Space - Beyond the Event Horizon. Dr Colin Hicks, BNSC. lecture flyer..   PDF 3.3 MB
2005
14 December 2005 Galileo - A UK Success Story. Pat Norris, LogicaCMG (at RAeS Gatwick Branch)   PPT 6.6 MB

 

08 December 2005 Mars, Titan and Beyond. (94th Wilbur and Orville Wright Lecture) Prof David Southwood, Director of Science, ESA. lecture flyer..   PPT 36.7 MB

  MPG 3.8 MB

  ASF 1.7 MB

  WMV 1.2 MB

  MPEG 795 KB

23 November 2005 Near Earth Objects - a natural hazard of global proportions. (one-day conference)   conference flyer..  
02 November 2005 The Exploitation of Dual Use Technologies. Dr Andrew Rogoyski, QinetiQ. lecture flyer..   PDF 15 MB
13 September 2005 Inmarsat 4 - satellite communications for a mobile planet. Ruy Pinto, Inmarsat. lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
20 June 2005 The Role of Space in the Gulf Conflicts. Stuart Eves, SSTL. lecture flyer..   PPT 18 MB

  WMV 6 MB

  WMV 3 MB

  WMV 13 MB

04 May 2005 Europe's Plans for Man in Space - Europe and the International Space Station as the Space Shuttle returns to orbit. Robert Chesson, ESA. lecture flyer..   PPT 46 MB

  MPEG 25 MB

22 March 2005 Huygens: A first look at Titan. Prof John Zarnecki, Open University. lecture flyer..

(at Cranfield University)

  PPT 13 MB

  MPEG 68 MB

  MPEG 7 MB

  MPEG 3 MB

  MPEG 3 MB

  MPEG 1 MB

01 March 2005 Space: A Cultural User's Guide. Dr David Riatt, ESA.
Marina Benjamin.
lecture flyer..

(with The Arts Catalyst)

19 January 2005 Venus Express: Journey to an Unknown Hell? Mike Backler, EADS Astrium. (at RAeS Stevenage Branch)   PPT 11 MB
2004
08 September 2004 Blue Streak. Roy Dommett. lecture flyer..

(with BIS)

06 July 2004 Beagle 2 and Beyond. Prof Colin Pillinger. lecture flyer..

(with RAS)

Presentation not available.
24 March 2004 A talk by Mark Shuttleworth. Mark Shuttleworth. lecture flyer..

(with BIS)

  photos
22 January 2004 Disaster Monitoring Constellation. Philip Davies, SSTL. lecture flyer..

(at SSTL Guildford)

Presentation not available.
2003
25 September 2003 100 Years of Flight - The Space Dimension. Tony Busby, Inmarsat
Jim Lawson, NATS.
lecture flyer.. Presentation not available.
03 September 2003 Charles Martin - an Appreciation. lecture flyer..

(at RAeS Stevenage Branch)

  after-meeting report
20 May 2003 Brief Space Experience Flights - A Major New Tourism Product? David Ashford, Bristol Spaceplanes. lecture flyer..

(with Tourism Society)

  HTM + JPG ~3 MB
2002
26 February 2002 Space Weather Seminar one day seminar
(cancelled)
seminar flyer..

(at QinetiQ Farnborough)

2001
20 November 2001 The International Space Company Kosmotras - Launch Services Provider with Dnepr Launch Vehicle. International Space Company, Kosmotras. lecture flyer..   biography
16 October 2001 The Arthur C Clarke Foundation of Great Britain. Brian Thomas, Consultant and Advisor in International Communications lecture flyer..
18 September 2001 Russian Submarine Missiles and the Potential of their Technologies as Space Launchers. Vladimir G Degtyar, General Designer, Makeev SRC; Georgy G Sytyi, Deputy General Designer, Makeev SRC; G M Webb, General Director, CST Limited lecture flyer..   DOC 61 KB
23 May 2001 STRV-2 MWIR. Chris Dorn, Space Department, Defence Research and Evaluation Agency lecture flyer..   DOC 5 MB
18 April 2001 Space Weather and its Effects on Satellites. Keith A Ryden, Space Department, Defence Research and Evaluation Agency lecture flyer..
20 March 2001 Space Transportation Market Forces and the Potential to Impact Commercial Space Exploration. Roger X Lenard. lecture flyer..
28 February 2001 Beagle 2 - Search for Life on Mars. Prof Colin Pillinger, Professor of Planetary Sciences, Head of PSSRI lecture flyer..

2000

22 November 2000 Galileo - European Satellite Navigation System.  A Challenge for Europe and Benefits for Air Navigation. Markus Bruns, European Commission. lecture flyer..
11 October 2000 Small Satellites, Big Business. Richard Williams, SSTL. lecture flyer..
04 September 2000 Space Hazards. Dr Richard Crowther, DERA. lecture flyer..
29 February 2000 The Lunar Prospector - The Moon and Beyond. Dr Henry McDonald, NASA. lecture flyer..

1999

21 October 1999 Space Constellations - A Communications Revolution? Mark Williamson. lecture flyer..
13 September 1999 The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Eric Sawyer, RAL. lecture flyer..
22 March 1999 New Era of Space Medicine for Space Tourism - The Present Status and the Future Direction of Japan's Space Development. Prof Kazuyoshi Yajima. lecture flyer..
22 February 1999 The Beagle 2 Mars Lander and Astrobiology on Mars. Dr Mark Sims, University of Leicester. lecture flyer..
26 January 1999 Hazards in Space
(Ballantyne Lecture)
chaired by Helen Sharman    

1998

18 November 1998 Project Management Risk Management on Earth and in Space. Dr V Paul Brand, AEA Technology. lecture flyer..
15 July 1998 Space and Telemedicine - Linking Research and Technology Development. Prof Rupert Gerzer, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, DLR, Cologne lecture flyer..

1997

12 November 1997 Small Satellites one day symposium

(at DERA Farnborough)

symposium report...
17 September 1997 The Cassini Mission to Saturn and Titan. Dr John Zarnecki, Reader in Space Sciences, University of Kent. lecture flyer..
24 March 1997 Automatic Dependence Surveillance one day conference organised by Space Group and Avionics and Systems Group  
03 March 1997 The Environmental Satellite (ENVISAT) - Mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) Dr Burkhard R K Pfeiffer PhD, ENVISAT Programme Manager, ESA    

1996

26 November 1996 Remote Sensing Satellite Operations M McKay, European Space Operations Centre, Germany    
23 October 1996 Users' Perspective of Space one day conference    
07 May 1996 The Infrared Astronomy Satellite (ISO). Dr Jean Clavel, ESA.
Prof Peter Clegg, University of London.
lecture flyer..
27 March 1996 Spaceflight and Science. Ulf Merbold, ESA. lecture flyer..

1995

06 December 1995 Flights of Fantasy and the Space Industry's Future. Prof John Stark, Head of Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Queen Mary and Westfield College lecture flyer..
19 October 199 Envisat (cancelled, see 03/03/97)    
20 June 1995 The Present Situation of the Space Industry and its Future one day conference    
16 May 1995 Exploitation of Space in Operational Meteorology Dr Peter Ryder, Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Operations, The Meteorological Office    
12 April 1995 International Co-operation in Space - The New Way of Exploring the Frontier Michael Foale, NASA Astronaut (organised by the Air League)  
01 March 1995 STRV-1A and B Mr Nigel Wells and Dr Andrew Sims, Space Technology Division, DRA Farnborough    

1994

       
16 November 1994 The Ulysses Mission: Exploring the Solar Wind at High Solar Latitudes Dr R G Marsden, Ulysses Project Scientist, ESA    
15 September 1994 Advanced Launchers Dr Bob Parkinson, Executive, Future Space Infrastructure Studies, BAe Space Systems Limited; Mr Richard Varvill, Technical Director, Reaction Engines Limited with BIS  
21 June 1994 The First Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission Mr C Nicollier, ESA Astronaut    
26 May 1994 The Antares Mission Michel Tognini, Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (organised by Test Pilots Group)  
02 February 1994 A Global Navigation Satellite System for Aviation Mr G A Paulson, Director, International Policy and Co-ordination, NATS, CAA    

1993

       
09 November 1993 Putting Space to Work one day conference    
09 June 1993 A Personal Account of Aspirations to Become an Astronaut Dr C Michael Foale, Deputy Chief of the Mission Development Branch, Astronaut Office and Head of the Astronaut Office Science Support Group, NASA (organised by the Air League) cancelled ??  
05 May 1993 The Space Technology Research Vehicle Project Mr Nigel Wells, Spacecraft Manager, STRV-1B Spacecraft    

1992

       
12 May 1992 The Future of Europe in Space one day conference    
25 March 1992 British Capabilities in Satellite Launch Vehicles R L Wheeler (joint with Historical Group)  

1991

       
28 November 1991 Manned Space Today and in the Future Colonel J E Blaha, USAF and NASA Astronaut (organised by Test Pilots Group)  
20 November 1991 Journey to Mir - Return Hopeful? Ms Helen Sharman    
06 November 1991 Space Structures, Design, Deployment and Stability one day seminar. Organised by IMechE and co-sponsored by RAeS    
29 October 1991 The An-225/Interim Hotol Launch Vehicle Dr R C Parkinson    
08 October 1991 Long Duration Exposure Facility one day conference    
26 September 1991 The Microsonic Project Mr D M Ashford organised by Test Pilots Group  
03 July 1991 Training by Satellites - Opportunities and Achievements one day conference sponsored by the BNSC  
15 May 1991 Mobile Satellite Communications one day conference ** cancelled due to lack of support **    
14 May 1991 NASA: From Kitty Hawk to Mars Admiral Richard H Truly, Administrator, NASA    
07 May 1991 NASDA's Space Programs in the Future Y Shoji, National Space Development Agency of Japan sponsored by British Aerospace Space Systems  

1990

       
04 September 1990 International Space University ??    
08 March 1990 The Medical Selection of Candidates for the Juno Mission Air Vice Marshal Howard, Group Caption Glaister, Dr Benson, RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine organised by Aviation Medicine Group  
17-18 January 1990 Earth Observation Satellites two day conference    

1989

       
04 December 1989 Aerospace Plane Studies in Japan S Gilkes, British Aerospace organised by the Fellowship of Engineering and co-sponsored by the Astronautics Group  
14 February 1989 Operational and Related Aspects of the HOTOL Programme Mr Peter J Conchie, Director Business Development    

1988

       
16 March 1988 Manned Space Flight one day symposium organised jointly by Aviation Medicine Group and Astronautics Group  
23 February 1988 Spacecraft Ground Operations and Data Handling one day symposium (co-sponsored with Remote Sensing Society)  

1987

       
22 June 1987 Aeronautical Communications by Satellites one day symposium    
11 June 1987 Strategic Defence Initiative Battle Management - an Historical Perspective Mr Robert J Carlin, Technical Vice President, The BDM Corporation    
07 April 1987 HOTOL: The Future Launcher Mr B R Burns, BAe Warton; Mr P J Conchie, BAe Space and Communications, Stevenage; Dr R C Parkinson, BAe Stevenage    
12 March 1987 Hermes Mr J J Capart    
16-18 February 1987 The Strategic Defense Initiative - Its Technology and Applications. Joint RAeS/AIAA bilateral conference. Classified. Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.    
06 January 1997 Going into Space Mr T Furness associated with Young Peoples Lecture  

1986

       
12 November 1986 Giotto: Mission Accomplished Mr R Jenkins    
02 October 1986 British National Space Centre Mr Roy Gibson    
14 April 1986 Europe's Future in Space Professor R Lust, Director General ESA.
25 March 1986 Helicopters as Weapon Platforms one day symposium. Organised jointly with Rotorcraft Section.    
06 February 1986 Terrain Reference Guidance D A Oxenham, RAE Farnborough.    
28 January 1986 MANPADS in the battlefield R S Ransom, Short Brothers.    

1985

05 December 1985 Space Meteorology J Morgan, Meteorological Office    
29 October 1985 Sea Skua D J Childs, RAE Farnborough

1984

06 March 1984        
17 January 1984 Sea Eagle John Cast, British Aerospace Dynamics Group, Hatfield

1983

25 October 1983 Current Research for Guided Missile Systems S C Dunn, British Aerospace, Stevenage

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05-07 December 1978 Energy and Aerospace 3-day conference. An Anglo/American Conference organised by The Royal Aeronautical Society and The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics    
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