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Faking a Moon landing in 1969
Mr Jake Clark
(PhD Candidate, University of Southern Queensland)
50 years ago in 1969, NASA achieved the impossible; landing human beings on the Moon's surface. But did the Moon landing really happen? Could you fake a moon landing with the technology available in the late 60's? Come along and find out!
Jake Clark's definition of a 'day job' is discovering and categorising alien worlds that no human has laid eyes upon before – pretty rad, right!? He's also a science communicator empowering everyday Australians about the importance (and fun!) of STEM.
Jake Clark's definition of a 'day job' is discovering and categorising alien worlds that no human has laid eyes upon before – pretty rad, right!? He's also a science communicator empowering everyday Australians about the importance (and fun!) of STEM.
Our Sun: the early years
Dr Belinda Nicholson
(Lecturer, Universty of Southern Queensland)
Take a look through the family album of the Sun, from its messy birth, through the moody teenage years, and on to its current mid-life crisis. Discover how astronomers have dissected the Sun's past by studying the stars around us.
Dr Belinda Nicholson is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Southern Queensland’s Centre of Astrophysics. Belinda studies the behaviour of teenage stars, and hunts for planets with USQ’s Minerva Australia telescope facility.
Dr Belinda Nicholson is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Southern Queensland’s Centre of Astrophysics. Belinda studies the behaviour of teenage stars, and hunts for planets with USQ’s Minerva Australia telescope facility.
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