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Ed
Buckley
reveals chalk drawings for interstellar project
artwork. Apr.15.
Unofficial opening of new premises for Presidential
Toast. Apr.29.
Official opening by Prof.
Nonweiler,
speaking on 'The Apollo 13 Disaster'. Oct.10. Weekly
meetings begun at Hamilton rooms with 'The Development of
Launch Vehicles', 'Early Rocketry', 'The Solar
System'. Nov.7.
Chris
Boyce, 'On
the Interpreting of Extraterrestrial Cultures', Part 1. Talk
printed in Spacereport vol.2 no.1 (see below) and abridged
in Asgard vol.1. no.1 (see 1977). Nov.18-22.
First ASTRA exhibition, in the rooms and the empty flat next
door, featuring paintings by Ed
Buckley,
photographs on loan from members' collections, a
radio-astronomy experiment featuring equipment on loan from
Philips Hamilton, and a display of astronomical telescopes
by Charles Frank Ltd.. Before return, the 6" reflector was
used for a very successful observing night. After the
exhibition we continued to use the next-door flat
unofficially as offices, with the intention of taking them
over - but see below. A special exhibition
issue of Spacereport was produced, including the text of
Chris
Boyce's Nov.7
lecture. Only 21 people visited the exhibition, which was
not supported by the local press. However, 13 of those
joined, and they brought in more. The arrival of young
people including Jimmy Price, Gavin
Roberts,
Bill
Ramsay and
Joyce Mains was another vital step in the evolution of the
society. Nov.23. ASTRA
membership year fixed as the calendar year. Dec.12. John
Bell, 'The Case against Space Travel'. This debate forms the
basis of chap.4 of "Man and the Stars", the book of the
Interstellar Project (see 1974). 1971
1969
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