University In The Brewery

Space: The Final Frontier

June 16th, 2004

Your son runs up massive internet bills driving a remote vehicle in “real time” on the Moon. Your daughter is planning a honeymoon at the “Orbital Hilton” 200 km above the Earth's surface. You invest your superannuation in an asteroid mining venture. The local funeral home offers a space cremation package. Volunteers are sought to colonise Mars. You are speaking to your travel agent about a hiking tour of a couple of craters on Mars.

Science fiction or science fact?

Are you looking for an out of this world experience? Come and hear Associate Professor Bill Zealey from the University of Wollongong's Engineering Physics Unit discuss the possibility of Space Tourism and visiting other planets for fun.

Where: Five Islands Brewery, Eastern end of the WIN Entertainment Centre (Cnr Harbour and Crown Streets) Wollongong 2500.

When: 5:30 until 6:30 pm, Wednesday 16 June 2004.

Cost: FREE.

Last reviewed: 16 February, 2007