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Past Events

Here are some previous events organized and attended by the Waterloo Space Society. Please check out any videos that are attached to the events.

    2011 Events (So Far)

    Event: General Meeting - COM DEV Perry Edmundson talk on Microsats
    Date: May 25th, 2011
    Time: 6:00pm
    Location: PHYS 235
    

    Event: The Next Breakthrough Space Technologies for CanadaAGM and Conference

        Date & Time: Friday, March 18th, 2011, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, 

        with a Networking & Social Event at 7:00 PM

        Location: MaRS Development District, 101 College St., Toronto, Ontario M5G1L7

       

    Event: Water On Mars - by Phys10
        Date: February 15, 2011
        Time: 11:30am
        Location: PHYS 145



        February 10, 2011 6:15pm
            Event: WSS Social Night
            Location: East Side Mario's



        February 3, 2011 ***RESCHEDULED*** 8:00pm
            Event: Tour of Gustav Bakos Observatory at University of Waterloo
            Location: PHYS 308

        January 14, 2011
            Event: WSS General Meeting


    2010 Events
    
        October 28, 2010
            Event: Bob Thirsk and Richard Hughson Lecture
            Location: Humanities Theatre, University of Waterloo

        October 20, 2010
            Event: General Meeting

        July 22, 2010
            Event: BBQ From Space

        July 9, 2010
            Event: Astronaut Selection Process
            Speaker: Erik Seedhouse

        July 1, 2010
            Event: Canada Day
            Location: Columbia Lake, Waterloo
    
        June 24, 2010    
            Event: In The Shadow of The Moon - movie watching

        May 26, 2010
            Event:  Lone Wolf Space Inventors in the Early Days of Space Technology
                        and Waterloo Space Society General Meeting
            Speaker: Michael Lennick
            Videos
            
        May 19, 2010
            Event: Adventures in the Canadian Space Industry
            Speaker: Eric Choi
            Videos

         May 14, 2010
            Event: Civilization Beyond The Solar System 
            SpeakerReggie MacIntosh - Graduate Student at the University of Waterloo

        April 27, 2010
            Event: Graduate Student Research Conference
            Speaker: Chris Hadfield - Canadian Astronaut

        March 16, 2010
            Event: First Night ~ First Light - unveiling the new WSS telescope!!
            
        March 8, 2010
            Event: Satellites and Monitoring Climate Change
            Speaker: Prof. Jim Sloan - professor at the University of Waterloo
            Videos

        February 10, 2010
            Event: Satellite Based Quantum Optics/Entanglement Experiments 
            Speaker: Dr. Thomas Jennewein - Researcher at the Institute for Quantum Computing 

        January 26, 2010
            Event: General Meeting and Far Infrared and Sub-millimeter Astronomy
            Speaker: Prof. Mike Fich -  professor in the physics department at University of Waterloo. 
            Videos


    2009 Events

        Event: The Phoenix Mars Mission Results and the Connection to Antarctic Field Work
        Speaker: Dr. Chris McKay
        Videos

        Event: Great Race for Space
        Video

        Event: Advanced Spacecraft Propulsion - Nuclear Electric Propulsion Systems for Deep Space Exploration
        Speaker: Denis I. Trofimov
        Videos

        Event: Ecosynthesis and Terraforming
        Speaker: Aaron Khalid
        Videos

        Event: Postdoctoral Research in Superstring Theory 
        Speaker: Dr. Robert McNees


    2008 Events

        Event: Commanding the Mars Desert Research Station Mission on Simulating Mars
        Speaker: William Durocher - Commander 

        Event: Google Lunar X-Prize: The New Race To The Moon
        Speaker: Bob Richards - Founder of the International Space University and contender in the Google Lunar XPrize
        Videos

        Event: Commander of Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS)
        Speaker: Melissa Battler - Commander of FMARS

        Speaker: Dr. Arsen Hajian - professor in the department of Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo


    2005 Events

        Event: Space Tourism
        Speaker: Daniel Fabre - President Canadian Space Society on Space Tourism

        Event: Amateur Experimental Rocketry
        Speaker: Richard Nakka


    2004 Events
        
        Speaker: Chris Hadfield - Canadian Astronaut


     2003 Events

        Event: Model Rocket Construction
        Speaker: Gary White - President of Cambridge Model Rocket Club

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