Events

Visit the CAISU exhibitor booth at Discovery 09 Ontario Centres of Excellent at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on MAY 11 and 12. This two-day event on innovation and entrepreneurship features many interesting speakers, student competitions, topic-specific sessions, and showcase displays.

ISU Strasbourg Campus featured on Euronews, including Canadian MSS students as well as faculty and ISU Dean, Walter Peeters.

More Information: http://www.ubcfizz.com/ooa

What: The premiere of the "Orphans of Apollo" Documentary, followed by a panel of distinguished panelists. An event to generate further interest in the space industry within Canada, to send more Canadian Students to the International Space University, and to promote local space organizations.

When: Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 7pm

Where: UBC Woodward Theater #2 (map)

Presented By: UBC Engineering Physics Association and the Canadian Alumni of the International Space University (CAISU) to provide scholarships for Canadian students to attend the International Space University through the Canadian Foundation for the ISU.

Tickets: Students: $10, General Admission: $15

Guest Panelists:

• Dr. Karl Doetsch, Chair, Athena Global, former CSA president et al
• Marc Boucher, co-Founder, SpaceRef Interactive, Mars Institute et al
• James Antifaev, ISU graduate, Odyssey Moon contractor
• Prof. John Meech, UBC Mining Engineering and TREAD lunar rover advisor
• Dr. Daniel Schulten, MDA Program Manager for Space Missions

Chairman: Athena Global

Reception after the screening with light refreshments.

For more information, please contact Renee Boileau at caisuevents_OOA@yahoo.ca

Trailer:

Directed By: Michael Potter and Becky Neiman

Official Website: http://www.orphansofapollo.com/

Description: Orphans of Apollo tells the extraordinary true story of a rebel group of entrepreneurs who seized command of the Russian Mir Space Station. It was the pioneering efforts of these brave, free marketeer buinessmen who launched the New Space Revolution, and kick-started the privatization of outer space as we know it today. This is the greatest story never told, and one film you are not supposed to see...

More information about the film can be found on the official website here

Critical Acclaim:

“Orphans of Apollo is both a great work of art and an important story... an inspiring film to see before my own flight to space”

   - Richard Garriott, America's First 2nd Generation Astronaut

“A fascinating account of how a small group of American space entrepreneurs challenged the government...”

   - Dr. Roger Launius, National Air and Space Museum

“A Fast Moving Chronicle of an action packed, amazing true story”

   - George Whitesides Executive Director, National Space Society