| Where | Waterstones Glasgow, Sauchiehall St, Glasgow G2 3EW PLEASE NOTE Waterstones would like us to sign up via Eventbrite for our FREE monthly cafes. See cafe details for the link. |
| When | First Monday of the month, 7pm |
| Contact | Kevin O’Dell |
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| Website | Glasgow Cafe Scientifique |
Upcoming events
Monday 13th May 2024
Artemis: fly me to the Moon
Martin Hendry
Eventbrite link
More than half a century after astronauts last walked on the Moon, we are set to return there in the next few years, as part of the Artemis programme that will (to quote NASA) “establish a permanent base on the Moon to facilitate human missions to Mars”.
How does the Artemis approach differ from the “gung ho” adventures of the Apollo programme? How will the challenges faced by the Artemis astronauts be different from those encountered by Armstrong and Aldrin? How has human spaceflight progressed and evolved in the fifty years since Apollo and are we really going to leapfrog from the Moon to Mars any time soon?
Martin Hendry is Professor of Gravitational Astrophysics and Cosmology at the University of Glasgow, where he is also currently Vice Principal and Clerk of Senate. While his research is mainly focussed on cosmic events that happened “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”, Martin is a lifelong enthusiast for human space exploration and an avid cheerleader for its exciting next chapter. Martin is highly active in schools and public engagement and is currently Vice President for Public Engagement in the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s national academy.
Monday 3rd June 2024
Bats
Tracey Jolliffe
Full details to follow.