40th Anniversary of the Moon Landings Special Event

Do you know that Dundee is at the cutting-edge of space exploration? The Space Technology Centre at the University of Dundee is a world leader in writing software will help with future missions to the Moon, Mars and the asteroids.

SpaceWire is a computer network for use on board spacecraft which is now being widely used by the worlds space agencies and space industry. It is being used on around 30 major space missions at the moment.

Steve Parkes, Director of the Centre, will present an enlightening talk that will provoke lots questions from the audience.

FREE entry. Everyone welcome.

Come along to Borders (upstairs in the Starbucks area) to hear about Dundee’s contribution to space exploration. The talk starts at 7pm, so don’t forget to arrive early to get yourself teas and coffees.

Forty eight years of searches for radio emissions from advanced civilisations have found nothing.

The searches are getting much more powerful and it also seems more and more likely that there are other Earths like our own. But the Fermi Paradox and the Anthropic Principle may point to us being alone. We still have no way of telling if there is any realistic chance of success.

Should the search be called off, or should it be intensified? I will argue that conditions are now right for Britain to join in.

If you missed this great opportunity to hear about the search for alien life from Dr Alan Penny (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews), you can watch it on our YouTube channel or view the first clip below.