For a long time we have been running monthly public lectures on the north side of Dublin city and some people on the southside had complained of the long journey (for those outside Dublin altogether we produced low cost DVDs of the lectures).

Now we are moving to a prestigious city centre venue and all month lectures will take place in Trinity College Dublin which is ideal for public transport access from all parts of the city and has car parks nearby also (see webpage).

I am hoping everyone in Dublin will support this move and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday. Kevin Nolan of Carl Sagan's Planetary Society (125,000 members worldwide is an excellent speaker and his topic of how NASA intends to land people on the Moon again, and on Mars for the first time is a real humdinger of a talk to get us started in our new city centre venue.

-David Moore, Chairman.

Public Lecture: Mars - Our Origin and Destiny

This talk will incorporate the latest findings from Mars, as well as sections on Aurora, NASA's Vision for Space Exploration (VSE), Planetary Protection, the return to the Moon and a human mission to Mars.

Kevin will talk about the astronomy community's current focus on Mars, and how NASA, ESA, Aurora and VSE all hope to pursue the question of life on the planet and ultimately send humans there.

If you cannot get to Dublin for the lecture, you can purchase a full DVD for the same price as a ticket. Simply log onto www.astronomy.ie/lectureDVD.html

Time of Lecture: 8:00pm, Monday, October 11

Venue: Schrodinger Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2

Admission: 5euro (3euro children/students)

For more information or to book places,

visit www.astronomy.ie/lecture0610.html

or call (01) 847 0777

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