February EVAS Meeting
The Estes Valley Astronomical Society (EVAS) regular monthly
meeting will be held on February 25th the fourth Thursday of the month. Our guest speaker this
month is Sam Lucas, a Senior Staff Engineer at Lockheed Martin Corporation Space
Division. Mr. Lucas will speak on the Constellation program which is the
follow-on to the Space Shuttle program and is designed to develop spacecraft and
booster vehicles to replace the Space Shuttle and send astronauts to the Moon
and possibly to Mars. Mr. Lucas has over 20 years experience in the
aerospace industry and is well acquainted with the obstacles and challenges
involved with such a gigantic undertaking. Mr. Lucas is Thermal Control System
manager for the Orion module which is the the
orbital crew capsule segment of the spacecraft. He is responsible for the
thermal design of this complex multipurpose space vehicle. His talk is
expected to be very interesting and informative.
The doors will open at 7:00pm and the talk will start at
7:30pm. The Observatory will be open after the presentation, probably around
8:30pm. Weather permitting, we will look through the large telescope at
various celestial objects.
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Artist Concept of Orion Capsule in Lunar Orbit |
Artist View of Earth Departure Stage |
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The Angels Above Foundation
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