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Supporting research, science and technology in the Wellington Region. We provide free public lectures on current topics across a very wide range of disciplines as well as school and research prizes. https://www.royalsocietyofnewzealandwellingtonbranch.org
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Hi everyone! We are getting ready for our 2025 lecture series most of which will be held at the Royal Society lecture theatre in Thorndon. While grateful for the parent body support, we'd also like to explore other venues in Wellington due to the high number of potential speakers.

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

I suspect this is a long shot so I'm not sure if there will be many responses to this question, but are there any Aotearoa-based social scientists researching olfactory racism? Failing that, any sensory ethnographers, or even health or geography researchers, focusing on colonial smellscapes?

submitted 52 days ago • 6 comments

Angela Krenn - Deputy Chief Architect Liquid Hydrogen @ NASA SamsungA55_02_12_2024 A very interesting talk from Angela on how rockets are filled, I guess with all the focus on the rockets one doesn’t think about all the supporting infrastructure,

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Sadly our last lecture of the year and it was a great one, detailing the history of liquid hydrogen in space travel with an equally exciting future. It takes 5 years to train to be a NASA cryogenic fuels specialist. Much of the infrastructure remains in place since the '60s. LH2 and LO2 don't mix!

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

We appreciate the likes! Note our lectures are free and are often enlightening and fun. Please do pass along the details to anyone you might know in the Wellington region who may have interest.

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Hydrogen for Rocket Propulsion Angela Krenn - Deputy Chief Architect and Surface Systems Principal Technologist, NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate Monday 2 December 2024 6.00 - 7.00 pm at the Royal Society Te Apārangi premises, 11 Turnbull St, Thorndon, Wellington

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments