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February Meeting

We will meet on Friday February 14th, 7:00pm at our winter venue, Spokane County Fire District 9 firehouse, located at 3801 E Farwell Rd in Mead. This month we will hold nominations and elections for club officers and board members. This an opportunity for the membership to get involved with determining how this club functions. Your new ideas on leadership, vision and energy would be a boon to the functioning of this club! Current club Secretary and Astronomical League representative, Ed Gill, will share some information and observing program booklets that accompany the AL observing programs. Outgoing club President Matt Wallin will give a presentation on Spring Galaxy observing, outlining why this time of the year is so favorable for peering outside our own galaxy, with suggestions for impressive sights for optics of all sizes.

January Meeting

We will meet on January 10th, 7:00pm at our winter venue, Spokane County Fire District 9 firehouse, located at 3801 E Farwell Rd in Mead. This month we are fortunate to have NASA’s Kayla LaFrance here, in person, to give a presentation about the James Webb Space Telescope. Many longtime members fondly remember Kayla from her youth as an active member of SAS, I hope you will join us as we reconnect to hear Kayla’s insider perspective on the amazing science mission of the JWST.

December Meeting

This month we will again meet at our new winter venue, Spokane County Fire District 9 firehouse, located at 3801 E Farwell Rd in Mead, at 7:00pm. Matt Wallin will be giving a presentation on the rocket engines used in the US manned space program. There will be a bit of history, some physics pertinent to rocket engines, and an overview of the technical engineering, tracing its development from the Mercury Redstone rocket to the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner. Hope to see you there!

November Meeting

This month’s general meeting will be held at our new winter venue, the Spokane County Fire District 9 firehouse, located at 3801 E Farwell Rd in Mead. After extensive inquiries by our board, we found many venues to be unaffordable. District 9 is accommodating us gratis, many thanks to District 9, and to SAS Secretary, Ed Gill, for doing much of the legwork and setting up these arrangements. We can expect ample space with a parking situation that will be well plowed this winter. Food and drink, with the exception of water, are prohibited by this venue, however, all who are interested, there are plans for a post-meeting meetup at the Hop Mountain Taproom & Grill, located a couple miles north at 14017 N Newport Hwy. This month’s topic is a bit of a rerun, but hopefully the many new members and those unable to attend the original February presentation at our previous winter venue, Sacred Heart, will find my presentation on “Telescopes, Eyepieces, and Optics” to contain some useful information about choosing equipment and getting the best performance from it.