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Depart
from Uni: 29th September at 4:30 am
Arrive
back at Uni: 1st October
Once
again we will travel to Woomera over the October long weekend to watch the
Australian Space Research Institute (ASRI) rocket launches. ASRI will be
conducting a total of ten launches on the Saturday and Sunday, the largest
amount ever attempted at Woomera.
The
trip will include:
-Watching the launches
-A guided tour of the ASRI launch facilities immediately after the launches
-A guided tour of AR1, the current launch facilities used by defence
and JAXA, including the control room, roof and launch pad
-The Woomera Observatory (weather permitting)
-The Woomera Heritage Centre
-Gamma Ray Telescopes, designed by the Physics department at The University
of Adelaide
-Nurrungar
(the previously highly classified American base)
Students
will be accomodated in ensuite rooms at the ELDO hotel (nice and close to
the bar)
The
cost of the trip will be approximately $100, which includes continental
breakfasts on the Sunday and Monday mornings and lunch on Sunday. The final
cost depends on the number of participants.
Only
20 places are available so get in quick. To register your interest or for
any further enquiries please email stewart.jones@student.adelaide.edu.au
If you
can volunteer your car it would be greatly appreciated.
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