“Apollo 17 – Ron Evans and his Long Voyage to the Moon”
This talk, based on a book by the speaker, will tell the fascinating story of how Ron Evans got from a farming town of 900 people in the Mid-West, to a Moonbound spacecraft.
Biography: Geoffrey Bowman was born in Bangor in November, 1954, and went to Bangor Grammar School, where he developed a fascination for science and geography. He then studied law at Queen’s University, obtaining an Honours Degree before spending 39 years as a solicitor.
From as far back as he can remember, Geoffrey has been fascinated by the night sky and, growing up in the 1960s, by the unfolding drama of the Space Race. News of the historic flights by Gagarin, Shepard and Glenn helped to ignite a life-long passion for space exploration.
A Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Geoffrey is also a Member of the Irish Astronomical Association. Over a 30-year period from 1983, Geoffrey has met 20 of the 29 flown Apollo astronauts, including 10 of the 12 Moonwalkers, but – significantly – he never met Ron Evans, command module pilot on Apollo 17.
After Geoffrey retired in 2017, he was approached by the inspirational Colin Burgess, managing editor of the “Outward Odyssey” series of space-books published by Nebraska University Press Geoffrey had contributed two chapters to a 2010 book (“Footprints in the Dust”) and Colin suggested “doing a whole book.”
After some discussion, it was agreed that Geoffrey would write a full biography of one of the lesser-known Apollo astronauts, Ron Evans, whose untimely death in 1990 is largely responsible for his relatively low profile. After much research, the story which emerged was of a man regarded by many as one of the true unsung heroes of Apollo.
Paul Evans is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: IAA Zoom Meeting
Time: Mar 16, 2022 07:15 PM London
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