The
British Rocketry Oral History
Programme
7th
Annual Conference
31 March - 2 April 2005, Charterhouse School,
Godalming
Featured
the inaugural Sir Arthur Clarke Awards on the evening of 2
April
Companies
and organisations represented on the night included:
The British Interplanetary Society, The British National
Space Centre, EADS Space, the European Space Agency,
Intelsat, the International Space University, LogicaCMG,
the National Space Science Centre, the Open University, the
Mars Society, the Royal Aeronautical Society Space Group,
SciSys, SSTL and UKSEDS.
Amongst
the attendees were:
-
David Southwood, Director of Science for ESA
- Colin Hicks, Director General of the British National
Space Centre
- Michael Simpson, President of the International Space University
- Colin Pillinger, Head of the Planetary and Space Sciences
Research Institute and the driving force behind Beagle 2
- John Zarnecki, Professor of Space Science at PSSRI,
responsible for the Surface Science Package on the Huygens
probe to Titan
- Reginald Turnill, the world's longest serving aerospace
journalist
- Space artist David A Hardy
- Writers and broadcasters Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest
- and our special guest, Sir Arthur’s brother,
Fred.
The
list of winners and a selection of photos - along with the
shortlists and award categories - can be seen on the
following pages.
Sponsors
were:
British National Space Centre, EADS Space, LogicaCMG, SSTL
Supporting
organisations were:
British Interplanetary Society, Royal Aeronautical Society
Space Group, UK Students for the Exploration and
Development of Space