Tag: space

  • Skylark: Britain’s first space rocket

    Skylark: Britain’s first space rocket

    The October talk will be given by Robin H Brand who will be talking about the Skylark, Britain’s first space rocket. These days, few have heard of the Skylark sounding rocket. Yet, in 1957, it was the first British rocket to reach space, and became the basis of Britain’s earliest space programme. Over the next…

  • Einstein’s Secret Universe

    Einstein’s Secret Universe

    The November talk will be given by Dr. Ian Jones of the Gravity Group at the University of Southampton. Dr Jones will be talking about recent groundbreaking discoveries in the field of black holes and astrophysics. On February 11th 2016, something truly remarkable was announced to the world – the detection of gravitational waves from…

  • Dangerous Business: Space Ethics and Risk

    The July talk will be given by Dr. Tony Milligan, lecturer in philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and writer on applied issues in ethics. His recent book, Nobody Owns the Moon: The Ethics of Space Exploitation, explores some of the ethical dilemmas which are raised by human activity off-world. Human activity in space promises…

  • Managing the Space Environment

    The November talk will be given by Prof. Richard Crowther, Chief Engineer at the UK Space Agency. He will be talking about his work focussing on managing our shared use of space. He is also currently Head of the UK delegations to the Inter-Agency Debris Committee whose role is defined as: The Inter-Agency Space Debris…