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Topic: 4/8-9: Space Lectures Tom Stafford event (UK)
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Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-21-2015 02:44 PM
   
Ken tells me around 50 people have ordered tickets for the Cernan event in April but have yet to send payment.This is the hottest ticket in town right now so please, settle up asap. Ken has a queue of people as long as your arm waiting to snap up any unfulfilled orders and he can't afford to wait for payment indefinitely. Thank you! |
Shane Hannon
Member Posts: 821
From: County Monaghan, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 11-21-2015 03:30 PM
My two lecture tickets arrived in the mail within the past week. Looking forward to April! |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-21-2015 06:31 PM
Some folk requested tickets from Ken Willoughby for Cernan before the name was announced. They have since presumed that the event is Sold Out and that they somehow missed out.In reality they have been allocated tickets and payment is now required. If any cS member falls in to this group please e-mail Ken again to verify... and then settle up. Thank you. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-24-2015 06:53 PM
64 people have requested tickets for the Cernan event in April but as yet have not paid for those tickets. If any of those folks are forum members please settle up quickly as Ken is about to release those tickets. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-27-2015 05:34 PM
Ken has a ticket for a Pat Duggan but she/he has changed her/his e-mail address and not told him the new one after saying she/he would let him know asap.Pat, if you are a memeber please contact Ken. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 12-24-2015 03:19 AM
A big thank you to everybody for all the support shown to Space Lectures' events over the last year but in particular Robert and the rest of the collectSPACE community; those that attend and the many that support us in other ways.Next year promises to be even better. Roll on April!  |
gareth89
Member Posts: 298
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 12-24-2015 06:32 PM
Can't wait Rick! Roll on April! |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-06-2016 01:44 PM
We are currently putting together some particularly impressive and unique pieces for the post dinner auction at the Gene Cernan event in April.They promise to make this the best auction yet so be sure to bring your cheque books. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-16-2016 05:10 AM
The all new Space Lectures website is nearing completion. All being well the site will be up and running within a fortnight. |
AlpinaB10S
Member Posts: 20
From: Sheffield, UK
Registered: Apr 2014
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posted 01-16-2016 01:24 PM
Looking forward to it! |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-19-2016 02:53 PM
We passed another major milestone in the efforts to bring Capt. Cernan to Pontefract in April with the payment yesterday of a his fee.This is against the background of a falling pound and a small number of tickets not yet paid for. As a consequence, anybody who has not paid Ken in full for their Cernan tickets by January 31st will find their ticket back up for sale. You have been warned. April will be here before we know it! |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 01-22-2016 04:20 PM
Rick - Been trying to email you but your AOL ISP is having none of it. Just wanted to let you know that a letter is on its way to you. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-22-2016 05:18 PM
Thanks Chris. You are not the first person to have touble e-mailing me. Very odd!A further reminder from Ken tonight regarding outstanding payments for Cernan tickets. The deadline for the Cernan event payment is Jan. 31st after which tickets not paid for will be sold. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-26-2016 04:31 PM
The new Space Lecures website is looking good for a landing this week.We are currently experiencing at "1202 Alarm" technical issue but mission control (Joel from Glassmountains.co.uk) is confident we are still go. |
gareth89
Member Posts: 298
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 01-27-2016 01:31 AM
Heya Rick, have there been any plans made to screen "The Last Man on the Moon" over the weekend? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-27-2016 04:57 AM
I don't think it would be practical to screen the movie at the Cernan event in April. Mark Stewart Productions has been VERY supportive of Space Lectures and they are I think providing a trailer for the movie by way of an intro to the lecture but that will be as far as it goes unfortunately. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 01-27-2016 06:27 AM
I'm going to miss the old website... reminds me of the days of GeoCities or Angelfire.  |
gareth89
Member Posts: 298
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 01-27-2016 12:46 PM
Thanks Rick! I was gutted I missed it when it screened last year in Dublin at the Jameson Film Festival. Hopefully the DVD release date will be announced soon. On another note, what hotels are people staying in? I was late booking mine last October and ended up paying the big bucks, and as I'll be staying two nights in April I don't want to get caught out again! |
Ironman
Member Posts: 66
From: England
Registered: Feb 2015
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posted 01-28-2016 11:12 AM
The new website looks fantastic! |
gareth89
Member Posts: 298
From: Ireland
Registered: May 2014
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posted 01-28-2016 05:43 PM
Indeed, it's very swish altogether, well done! |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-28-2016 05:54 PM
Here pussy pussy! Who let the cat out the bag? We were going to launch the new website officially on Friday but what the heck.Yes, the new website is live. A huge thank you to Joel and Mike from Glassmountains for all they hard work and patience. If they had a pound for every e-mail, photo or suggestion sent from Mrs OWL or myself over the last couple of months they would have no need of a forged lottery ticket. Thanks guys for all your hard work and thanks particularly to Mrs OWL for all her "yoda moments" courtesy no doubt of OWL himself. I just hope Ken likes it. |
milkit1
Member Posts: 271
From: Springfield Illinois USA
Registered: Sep 2015
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posted 01-30-2016 08:16 PM
If anyone would be interested in selling their autograph ticket I have a small item I'd love to get signed. Email me at milkit1@gmail.com. Thanks! |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-07-2016 07:10 AM
Less than 9 weeks to go until the Cernan event and the days seem to be flying by. Won't be long now. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 02-07-2016 08:14 AM
Or about 1464 hours. (Based on a base time of when the Welsh who can't swim take on those who can.)One small point about the new site Rick - nowhere can be found the timing for the day as was available on the old site. This makes it difficult for those aged like myself with a failing memory to remember whether one has time for a liquid lunch or not. |
AirKing
Member Posts: 34
From: East Yorkshire, England
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-07-2016 01:42 PM
If you look on the tickets the times are on there.For Friday: - Photo shoot 18.00 to 18.45
- Dinner 19.00 to 21.00
- Auction 21.00
- Autographs 21.30
For Saturday: - Photo shoot 14.30 to 15.45
- Lecture 16.00 to 17.00
- Autographs 17.15 to 19.00
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Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-07-2016 02:02 PM
You have a valid point Eddie. We will address that on the site but in the mean time here is some detail. I think we will be sticking pretty closely to these timings.Friday 8th April: Evening Dinner and Auction
Wentbridge House Hotel - Photo Shoot 18.00 – 18-45
- Dinner 19.00 – 21.00
- Auction and autograph session
Saturday 9th April: Lecture
Carleton Community High School 'The Infinity Theatre' - Photo Shoot 14.30 – 15.45
- Captain Cernan's Lecture 16.00 – 17.00
- Auction (one item only)
- Q&A session, approx 20 minutes
- Autograph session
The auction on Saturday will take place following the lecture but before the Q&A while Capt. Cernan has a brief comfort break. As per the Lovell event it will be for just one choice framed piece |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 02-08-2016 06:47 AM
In answer to AirKing - yes, the times are on the tickets, however there are many coming to the lectures that collect their tickets at the door on the day.But thanks anyway. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-08-2016 08:08 AM
Looking ahead to April, I have two bits of advice for those getting official photos with Capt. Cernan. - Please do not wear green. It can play havoc with the green screen backdrop imagery. If you are wearing a green sweater you may just find your head floating above the lunar landscape with your hands and lower torso elsewhere!
 - Photos with Capt. Cernan are £30 per photo (not per person - you can have as many in the photo as you like for the £30!). Please have the correct money ready as it will make things a whole lot smoother on the day.
Thanks in advance. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-08-2016 02:49 PM
For those who may not have seen it already, we have added a video of the Jim Lovell and Prof Brian Cox Q&A to the new Space Lectures website.We hope to do something similar for Capt. Cernan in April. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-11-2016 03:17 AM
Recent events have seen us use green-screen photo-shoot imagery provided by cS members following an impromptu competition.This is something we hope to continue going forward but for the Cernan event in April the backdrop will be kept "in-house". We are just not confident that there will be the flexibility to sign "extra" photos for any prospective design winner and I for one don't want to make a promise that can't be kept. That said, the backdrop photo we have settled on for April looks excellent and Ken would like to thank gareth89, James (fom Proffoto) and Mrs OWL in particular for a terrific collaborative effort. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-19-2016 04:46 AM
T-7 weeks and counting. We are all set for April's encounter. |
bknight
New Member Posts: 9
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2015
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posted 02-24-2016 08:06 AM
Those were expensive, but at least you guys have an opportunity to attend a lecture, while we in Houston, where Cernan lives never have a lecture! Have fun and let all the boards know how it was. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-24-2016 04:25 PM
It gives Ken Willoughby great pleasure to confirm that an Apollo moon rock will be attending this years Space Lectures events with Gene Cernan.On the Friday night we can now dine with the moon as well as an Apollo astronaut, and the moon rock will also be at the lecture event. The samples will be displayed in a tower showcase. Wow. Posh nosh with a side portion of moon rock. Anybody want seconds? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-04-2016 10:37 AM
5 weeks and counting. Not long now. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-07-2016 05:41 PM
Another reminder from Ken. "Can you ask all the ones who have put their names down for October to send money when they can please?"If you have not sent Ken your payment for October yet, it makes sense to do so now and then you can collect your tickets at the Cernan event saving of postage and packing. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-10-2016 01:06 PM
Capt. Cernan confirmed yesterday that he has booked his flight to Pontefract. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 03-19-2016 02:55 PM
Less than 3 weeks to go until Capt. Cernan lands in Pontefract and we are all set for what promises to be our best event yet!Unfortunately, Professor Brian Cox will not be joining us. Brian is currently finishing his latest BBC tv series… but filming is behind schedule and he has to fly to the US for 4 weeks to “meet contractual obligations”. It may come as no surprise to know that Prof Cox and his wife Gia are huge “Apollo nuts”. Both caught the "Space Lectures Bug" during the Jim Lovell event in October last and were looking forward to meeting Capt. Cernan. To say they are disappointed would be an under statement. Brian tried to rejig the schedule to create a break in filming long enough for him to fly home for a couple of days… but it was simply not feasible. It is worth mentioning that Professor Cox planned on being at the Cernan event as a paying customer; he was not "signed up" to anything or contractually bound to Space Lectures in any way. He is however with the BBC. And it should be noted the event next month sold out before we even announced Brian's presence. Naturally we are disappointed that Brian will not be with us, but the event next month promises to be superb. We will still be conducting the post lecture Q&A and Space Lectures would like to thank Professor Cox for his continued support; support that we both hope and expect will bring him to one or more of our events in the future.
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Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-23-2016 04:08 AM
I doubt very much that anyone will be selling their tickets but just in case anyone finds that they are unable to make the Saturday night lecture, please do let me know as I am on the lookout for two tickets for two friends that I would like to introduce to "our world." Gosh this makes it sound like a cult. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 03-23-2016 06:37 AM
You'll have to show them the secret handshake too Craig! |
Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 03-23-2016 08:11 AM
Well if it's the one you showed me, Chris, I'm not doing that as I don't fancy getting arrested. |
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