Pat Norris, the author of Spies In The Sky, regularly lectures on the subject of spy satellites, their impact on the Cold War and their relevance in today's conflict-ridden world.

• Many hundreds of people enjoyed lectures in the past 2 years by Pat Norris on the subjects covered in Spies in the Sky starting on February 13th 2008 at the Headquarters of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), London, and following on March 29th at the UK Space conference in Godalming, Surrey, on April 7th at ESTEC, the technology centre of the European Space Agency (ESA), in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on May 29th at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire, on June 11th at ESOC, the operations centre of ESA, in Darmstadt, Germany, on 11th September at the headquarters of the European Space Agency in Paris, and on 10th December at the Chester (UK) Branch of the RAeS.  The lectures continued in 2009 on 2nd and 14th April at the RAeS Boscombe Down and Cambridge Branches and on 21st May at the RAeS Wolverhampton / Cosford Branch.  To find out more about RAeS Branch events, please contact the Branch using the details provided at RAeS Branches.

• The lectures are tailored for each audience, but do not depart far from the February 13th 2008 lecture, a write-up of which can be found at RAeS lecture - Spy Satellites in the Cold War.

• In other speaking duties, Pat  gave a lecture on "The Space Race" on 8 December 2009 at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London,  part of the Gallery's series of lectures on the history of the late 1950s and 1960s.  Further information on the Gallery's activities can be found on their website: Dulwich Picture Gallery
• Another topic covered by Pat is the Huygens probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan.  He lectured on that subject on 9th September 2009 at the Bedford (UK) Branch of the RAeS.

Watch this space for future speaking dates.