Space 1999, Festival

Space 1999, "Ten days that shoke the universe was a "Festival of independent and community-based space exploration" held in London, Earth from June 18th 27th 1999. It started with a protest against the militarisation of space outside the headquarters of Lockheed Martin. This was also part of J18[?] global festival against capitalism which initiated a wave of anti-capitalist protests including confrontations as Seattle, Prague, Gothenburg, Genoa and most recently Evian[?]. It also included a conference, performance, astral travel, music, film, discussion and training. The festival explored "the new possibilities that open up when we form autonomous communities in outer space".

The conference included Professor Chris Welch[?], Principal Lecturer in Astronautics' Kingston University on "The History of the British Interplanetary Society[?]. (Chris Welch also serves on the Space, Education and Ootreach Committee of the International Astronautical Federation.