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Friends of the Library event: Brett Gooden - The development of the Spacesuit

Date/Time: Thursday, 30 October 2014, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide

Cost: $5 at the door

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The Friends of the University of Adelaide Library invite you to an event with Brett Gooden on Thursday 30 October, 2014, at 6.00 for 6.30pm in the Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, Barr Smith Library, University of Adelaide.

Pulp fiction and scientific research have influenced the development of the spacesuit, from the first hot air balloon ascent in 1783 to future Martian expeditions. From the age of eight, Dr Brett Gooden has had a fascination for this fact and fiction of human spaceflight. His most recent book "Spacesuit: A history through fact and fiction was awarded the 2012 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature by the American Astronautical Society.

Bookings to Robina Weir by Tuesday 28 October.

Contact: Mrs Robina Weir, Email: robina.weir@adelaide.edu.au, Website: http://www.alumni.adelaide.edu.au/fol, Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, Barr Smith Library, The University of Adelaide, Business: 8313 4064, Fax: 8313 4369