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LATA News letter
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Registration date : 2009-04-04
 |  Subject: 2009 - Journey into Deep Space  Sat 17 Oct - 22:25 | |
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The 2009 Africa Space Camp "Journey into Deep Space" took place from September 28 [Monday] to Friday October 2 [Friday] 2009. The 2009 camp will be part of the inaugural Africa Space Fest
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The 2009 Africa Space Fest is a milestone and unique event for the African continent.
We celebrated World Space Week, International Astronomy Year and the establishment of the South African Space Agency.
During the Fest, school students, including students living and going to
school in disadvantaged school communities, used cutting edge
technology in innovative ways to
- receive tuition from lecturers of international standing
- track asteroids through remote access telescopes
- converse with students in various countries on different continents ----------------------------------
A highlight of the camp was the lectures given by Francois Visser of CPUT/F'SATI and Professor Abdelouahab Zaatri of the Laboratory for Advanced Technology Aplications [LATA]
over the Internet to an international audience in countries like Algeria, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, and Koweit
Professor Zaatri of LATA
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Francois Visser [on left] presenting his lecture over broadband Internet.
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Arnie Rosner of Global Rent a Scope [GRAS] lectured students on the use of remote access telescopes to view Deep Space
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Asteroid hunter Ernie Halberg of Goudveld High School gave a lecture on astrometrica to fellow students
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Dr Jeff Bennett [USA] lectured students on various aspects of Astronomy
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Doctoral student Minoo RATHNASABAPATHYof Melbourne, Australia lectured students on space debris
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The Performer Theatre in
Pretoria was the venue for our Friday October 2 programme. The
Performer is a partner in the South African Outreach and Empowerment
programme.
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