Society monthly meeting recorded on 20220720 at The Briars Mount Martha Observatory.
Meeting introduction and rundown of past month and upcoming events was given by the President, Dr. Peter Skilton.
The main talk was a public lecture as part of the Cambridge Science Festival at the University of Cambridge and supported by the Royal Institution (London), by Prof. Chris Bishop, Laboratory Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge University, and Prof. Computer Science, Edinburgh University and Fellow of Royal Society, on the topic of “Rocket Science”.
Vice President, Mark Stephens, then presented “Sky for the Month”. There was some background noise interference due to technical audio issues at the start of this presentation.
Other educational videos were shown by Peter Skilton as follows:
“Why Do Rockets Roll?”, presented by Tim Dodd, American Science Communicator and photographer, Everyday Astronaut YouTube channel.
“Why Do Shadows Bend When Close Together?”, presented by Toby Hendy, Australian Science Communicator, Mathematician & Physicist, Tibees YouTube channel.
A musical closure followed, showing a video of the Observable Universe with Logarithmic Scale, courtesy of Pablo Carlos Budassi and Wiki Universe entry. Audio is In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg), by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) royalty free.