past meetings
At our last meeting, Gary Newport gave us a talk on the strange discoveries in the latest deep space research based on the information that has been sent back from Voyagers' One and Two. Voyager one is 15, 793, 598, 9095 miles away from Earth and voyager two 13,242,389,157.47 Miles, both distances are increasing quickly. The amazing thing being that it is still possible to communicate with these two, although the signals take 24 hours to reach them and 24 hours to return! One had an electrical malfunction, and a patch was sent to it, and to a mixture of amazement and relief (!) this rectified the problem. But as Gary said, they were dealing with 1970's technology, and any cheap mobile phone has vastly superior computer capacity. It was an absolutely fascinating talk with some breath taking images of our Solar System. Thank you Gary.
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At a recent meeting, a member of the Surrey, Sussex, and Kent Air Ambulance service gave us an Insite into their work and achievements over the past three decades, in which they have attended over 35,000 incidents, saving lives and improving patient outcomes from the skies above Kent, Surrey, and Sussex. A total of £61 was raised at the meeting for this more than worthy cause!
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