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Tonight Mr Tony Doubtfire will present his talk entitled: Tsiolkov and the Space Elevator. The talk will start at 7.30pm in the Observatory and everyone is welcome to attend. Please note that there is a visitors fee of £3 but accompanied family chidren are free. This talk will introduce you to the history of the space elevator concept and bring you up to date with plans to actually build such an amazing thing. This is science fiction coming to life. Come and be amazed.

We are a large and friendly society interested in absolutely all aspects of astronomy. It really doesn't matter how much you know or how big your telescope is but if you have a latent interest in Astronomy please explore these pages, then pay us a visit.

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