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Next Meeting: Wednesday April 10th at 8:00pm Island Zero - A practical way to kickstart space habitat development. Jerry Stone Live Session T&Cs apply
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We, Oct 11
Richard Goodrich
How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
2023-24 Programme (subject to change)
Wed, Sep 6
Roger O’Brien
SpaceX Starship
Wed, Oct 11
Richard Goodrich
How the 1910 Return of Halley’s Comet (Almost) Destroyed Civilization
Wed, Nov 8
UH Students
Dark Matter Halos and Characterising Ultracool Dwarfs (2 talks)
Wed, Dec 13
Roger O’Brien
The Star of Bethlehem
Wed, Jan 10
David Arditti
Astronomers’ tools: Choosing the right telescope
Wed, Feb 14
Alan Davies
Rainbows, Haloes and Glories
Wed, Mar 13
Ruth Gregory
Beyond Einstein and modifying gravity
Wed, Apr 10
Jerry Stone
Island Zero Celebrating Yuri’s Night
Wed, May 8
Ian Morison
Our Island Universe - the Milky Way Galaxy and its place in time and space
Wed, May 15
HAG - AGM
All welcome to attend on Zoom
Wed, June 12
Andrew Coates
Looking for life on Mars and Habitability of Jupiter’s Moons
This meeting will be held at: University of Hertfordshire Lindop Building College Lane Hatfield AL10 9AB (What 3 words: stars.stones.energetic) and simultaneously on Zoom. There is plenty of parking space around the venue which is free after 19:00
In the early 1970s, Gerard O’Neil and others developed plans for a large habitat to be constructed in free space that could house 10,000 people. The design - known as "Island One" - was deliberately restricted to the technology of the time, however, during the next 40 years there had been all kinds of improvements in materials science and engineering that could make this program more efficient and cheaper, so I ran a project at the British Interplanetary Society to re-examine and update the original studies. However, construction would not begin with Island One; we’d need to establish a much smaller structure first, to house the personnel that will assemble the facilities for construction. This would demonstrate many of the features of a full settlement but on a much smaller scale, both in size and cost, as a way of showing the viability of some of the ideas behind space habitation. We designated the initial unit as “Island Zero”. What is interesting is that such a structure could be produced within the next two years ... Jerry Stone Jerry is the society's Meetings and Publicity Secretary. He is a Freelance Space Presenter and runs Spaceflight UK, which is dedicated to promoting space exploration. He is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. He is a Board Member of the Space Renaissance International and Chair of their Space Habitats committee. He is a Senior Associate of the Space Studies Institute, and a member of the Mars Society, The National Space Society, the Planetary Society and other organisations.
Hertford Dark Sky Event Thursday 22nd February 2024
Photos! Photos!
The Running Man Nebula, Kevan Noble.A lso known as NGC 1977, vaguely resembles a colourful space ghost sprinting through the stars in the Orion constellation.
My Telescope Doesn’t Didn’t Work! …. but it does now! Saturday March 17th 2024
Photos! Photos!
Next Meeting: Wednesday April 10th at 8:00pm Island Zero - A practical way to kickstart space habitat development. Jerry Stone Live Session T&Cs apply
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In the early 1970s, Gerard O’Neil and others developed plans for a large habitat to be constructed in free space that could house 10,000 people. The design - known as "Island One" - was deliberately restricted to the technology of the time, however, during the next 40 years there had been all kinds of improvements in materials science and engineering that could make this program more efficient and cheaper, so I ran a project at the British Interplanetary Society to re-examine and update the original studies. However, construction would not begin with Island One; we’d need to establish a much smaller structure first, to house the personnel that will assemble the facilities for construction. This would demonstrate many of the features of a full settlement but on a much smaller scale, both in size and cost, as a way of showing the viability of some of the ideas behind space habitation. We designated the initial unit as “Island Zero”. What is interesting is that such a structure could be produced within the next two years ... Jerry Stone Jerry is the society's Meetings and Publicity Secretary. He is a Freelance Space Presenter and runs Spaceflight UK, which is dedicated to promoting space exploration. He is a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. He is a Board Member of the Space Renaissance International and Chair of their Space Habitats committee. He is a Senior Associate of the Space Studies Institute, and a member of the Mars Society, The National Space Society, the Planetary Society and other organisations.
2024 Hertford Astronomy Group
Hertford  Astronomy Group