AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-217.02
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* 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space Symposium Banquet Speakers
Announced,
Tickets Now Available
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ANS-217.02 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin
AMSAT News
Service Bulletin 217.02
From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE August 5,
2019
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-217.02
50th Anniversary AMSAT
Space Symposium Banquet Speakers Announced,
Tickets Now
Available
AMSAT is pleased to announce that the AMSAT Symposium Saturday
Evening
Banquet on Saturday, October 19th will feature a panel of
guest
speakers presenting “The Foundations of AMSAT” followed by a
question
and answer period. Guest speakers will include:
Lance Ginner,
K6GSJ (Project OSCAR)
George Jacobs, W3ASK (Author, Diplomat)
Dr. Perry
Klein, W3PK (Founding President of AMSAT)
Dr. Owen Mace (Australis-OSCAR 5
Builder, University of Melbourne)
Richard Tonkin (Australis-OSCAR 5 Builder,
University of Melbourne)
Jan King, W3GEY (Founding member of AMSAT and
Australis-OSCAR 5
Project Manager)
The 50th Anniversary AMSAT Space
Symposium and General Meeting will be
held on Friday through Sunday, October
18-20, 2019, in Arlington,
Virginia at The Hilton Arlington. Symposium
registration is available
for $60 from now until September 15th. Banquet
tickets are $55.
Tickets are now available on the AMSAT Store at
https://www.amsat.org/product-category/amsat-symposium/
Tickets
are also now available for the Sunday tour. On Sunday, October
20th, a bus
tour will take attendees to the the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
Center, an annex of
the National Air and Space Museum. Two large
hangars display thousands of
aviation and space artifacts, including a
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a
Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Bus capacity is limited to 35
attendees. Tickets are $30 per person.
Attendees who wish to drive may also
join the tour group. Parking at
the Udvar-Hazy Center is $15.
On
Monday, October 21st, AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, will lead
a walking
tour of the National Mall. No reservations are required.
Transportation to
the National Mall will be via the Washington Metro.
Additional
information, including hotel reservation information is
available at https://www.amsat.org/amsat-symposium/
[ANS
thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information]
/EX
In addition
to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club.
Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds,
will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are
available from the AMSAT
Office.
73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur
Radio in Space,
This week's ANS Contributing Editor,
Paul
Stoetzer, N8HM
n8hm at amsat dot
org
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