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Programming – Loretta Hall Talks on Space Microbes!

♣ New Mexico author & space historian Loretta Hall returns to talk about “Microbes In Space: Friend Or Foe.”
Space Historian Loretta Hall talks on Microbes In Space: Friend Or Foe:  “Bacteria, viruses, and fungi are among the stowaways that will live with astronauts in the closed environment of a lunar space station, surface habitat, spacesuit, or Mars-bound spaceship.  What could possibly go wrong?  But the outlook isn’t all bad.”  (This is an encore of the presentation Hall gave at Bubonicon 54 for folks who didn’t get to see it at the 2023 convention.)

Hall is the author of Out of This World: New Mexico’s Contribution to Space Travel, Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words, and The Complete Space Buff’s Bucket List.  Formerly a high school math teacher, she started a new career as a freelance writer in 1990.  She has written magazine articles on many topics, including travel, business, and construction. She has also written reference book chapters on such topics as Native American tribes, biographies of scientists and mathematicians, and how various products are made.

Newcomers are welcome with a $1.00 contribution to help pay our rent…

Remember, no outside food is allowed at St. Andrew.  Please be discreet with any candy.  Water/soda bottles and lidded beverage cups are permitted.

DOORS OPEN AT 7:15 PM.  Enter through the back doors (northside) of church – the courtyard is locked up at 5:00 pm each day.  Please do not arrive before 7:15 pm.  We have to set up the room ourselves, and straighten/clean-up around 10:00 pm.

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Meeting Location:

ACTIVITY ROOM (west end of building, enter through door on northside of church)
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
5301 Ponderosa Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM

(First street north of Erna Ferguson Library on San Mateo. Ponderosa is the northern border of Montgomery Park, and intersects with both San Mateo and San Pedro. The street is north of Comanche and south of Montgomery)

Club Contacts:

Craig C/Jesica C. at 266-8905 or Craig

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