Hi all

The IceInSpace community is spread across the world, but the majority of our members are in Australia - which means it's likely that some of our members have been directly affected by the floods in the past month in Queensland, NSW and Victoria.

If they haven't been directly affected, they've probably personally known some people who have been badly affected.

It's been surreal watching events unfold on television. Our thoughts are with those who have been affected, and IceInSpace wishes you all a speedy recovery and rebuilding effort.

Tell us About Yourself

I was asked to be the 'meet a staff member' on my works' internal newsletter, and was asked to answer a few questions for it.

I thought it might be a good idea and a bit of fun to ask those same questions here and get to know each other a bit better.

The questions are:

• Hobbies?
• Favourite Food?
• Favourite Movie and Why?
• What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
• Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?

I've started a thread on the IceInSpace Forum where you can read the responses from the IceInSpace Comunity so far, and add your own! It's really been great reading and it's very interesting to learn more about the members we interact with on a daily basis.

You can read and contribute here: Tell Us About Yourself

Have you ever left Astronomy and come back?

IceInSpace Member taxman (Matt) has started feeling like he's losing interest in Astronomy, and asked the community if others have felt the same way and whether they came back.

It's been quite an interesting thread and there's some great techniques in there for those who are feeling demotivated by astronomy right now, and need that little pick-me-up to reignite the interest and the passion.

You can read and contribute here: Have you ever left astronomy and came back?

Thanks for reading. Keep looking up!