The Apollo Missions

The talk will begin with debunking some of the conspiracy theories about why we did not go to the Moon.

There will be a brief look at Apollo 8 , 9 and 10 before going into the missions where they walked on the Moon in more detail.  These are Apollo 11 , 12 , 14 , 15 ,16 ,17 . There will be comments about Apollo 13 that did not make it and the cancelled Apollo 18 , 19 and 20 missions.  Jerry has met  2 moonwalkers;  Charlie Duke from Apollo 16 and Alan Bean from Apollo 12 .

About this month’s speaker

Jerry Workman works in a school in London and has a degree in Chemistry. These days he mainly concentrates on planetary talks.

Over the years he has given more than a 1000 talks to various societies around the country.

In 2009 he was awarded the FAS Eric Zucker award for public outreach in Astronomy.

He has held the position of Chairman and programme secretary at a number of different Astronomy clubs over the years.

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Anyone is welcome – beginner or expert – and there is no need to pre-book. A small charge applies to help us cover costs (typically £3 for non-members; £2 for NEAS members; U16s free). Doors open at 7.30pm with the talk starting at 8.00pm.

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