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Waverider
special issue of Asgard, edited by Iain
Girdwood,
text by Gordon
Dick (now
known as Gordon Ross) and Duncan
Lunan. National Space
Society declares ASTRA 'chapter of the month', featured in
their magazine 'Ad Astra'. Jan.25. Dr.
Jeffrey Fox, G.U. Astronomy Dept., 'The Sun', first of a
series of monthly lectures on the Solar System at
Airdrie. Jan.28.
Gordon
Dick (now
known as Gordon Ross) resumes Ayrshire Branch meetings at
Largs Public Library (later at Flatt Road Community Centre)
with report on the Maryland Waverider
Symposium. Mar.22. Dr.
Graham Yates, 'Research at Jodrell Bank',
Airdrie. Apr.12. ASTRA
& Dalserf Optics participation in Gagarin exhibition at
Braidhurst High School, Wishaw. May 18. AGM at
Pearce Institute. Sheena
Macintosh
stands down from Secretary, replaced by Greg
Beekman;
Jim Shaw
leaves Council, Stuart
Geddes
rejoins it. June 1.
Waverider conference at Pearce Institute, followed by Annual
Dinner & Presidential Toast at the
Koh-i-Noor. June 8.
Airdrie
Public Observatory
Open Day with star map by Greg
Beekman. Aug.23-26.
Airdrie and Largs teams compete in the Scottish Rocket
Weekend, now organised by John Bonsor's 'STAAR Research',
and regain the Oscar
Schwiglhofer Trophy,
which is then modified to make clear it's an ASTRA
award. Sept.7. ASTRA
& Dalserf Optics stands at National Astronomy &
Space Show, Paradise Circus Complex, Birmingham. Sept.13-26.
'Urban Spacemen' recreated for Caithness & Orkney
Science Festivals, then goes to Coats Observatory, Paisley.
After discussions with Prof. Heinz Wolff, Rodney Buckland,
and (by telephone) Roy
Gibson, the
Sunday Times covers the 'Crossroads in Space' proposal by
Duncan Lunan & Bill Ramsay for a merger of the European
and former Soviet space programmes; presented in detail in
Asgard, Christmas 1991, and in a shorter version for Space
Policy, Feb.1992. Sept.27-30.
ASTRA provides spaceflight programme & exhibition for
Albacon 91 SF convention, Central Hotel, Glasgow, including
panel on the future of the Soviet space programme, videos
from the National Remote Sensing Centre, slide shows on
Space Telescope and Magellan, and a Waverider
game devised by Gordon
Dick (now
known as Gordon Ross). Nov.16-17.
ASTRA display and Duncan
Lunan lecture
on Waverider
at United Kingdom Students for the Exploration &
Development of Space Annual Conference, University of
Leicester. Dec.12.
Willie
Fleming hosts
Technical Committee meeting on Youth & Space
'Euro-Project', balloon launch platform for amateur
rockets. Fri. Dec.13.
'Friday the 13th Part 38' Anniversary Dinner at Tudor Hotel,
Airdrie, organised by Sheena
Macintosh. 1992
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