Presented by Leo Enright
In the past half-century, Ireland has been to the Moon and Mars, landed on a comet and provided the biggest space experiment ever flown by America’s Space Shuttle. Twelve Irish citizens have flown in space, and an Irish citizen was head of NASA’s Space Shuttle programme for ten years.
Much of this is because of one man, who lived most of his life on Cross Avenue. Leo will explore Eamon De Valera’s legacy and its roots in 5,000 years of Irish astronomy.
Leo Enright is one of a handful of journalists in the world who has covered the Space Shuttle programme from start to finish. Leo is the author, with Prof. Carl Sagan, Sir Bernard Lovell and others of the “Encyclopaedia of Space Travel and Astronomy”. He is a former Head of Radio News at RTÉ, and continues to broadcast regularly on RTÉ, BBC and Al Jazeera. He was elected Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society in 1978 and is a recognised expert on the exploration of the planet Mars.
8.00pm Thursday 7th November 2024
THE COMMUNITY CENTRE, MOUNT MERRION
Admission
Members: No charge (see Season Membership)
Non-Members: €5.00 (Students €2.00)
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