June 1930

From The Space Library

The American Interplanetary Society publishes the first issue of their “Bulletin” which becomes Astronautics in May 1932 it claims, “Among the principal aims of the American Interplanetary Society are the promotion of interest in interplanetary exploration and travel, and the mutual enlightenment of its members concerning the problems involved. To these purposes the monthly bulletins, of which this is the first, will be devoted.” The Bulletin is edited by David Lasser, president of the American Interplanetary Society.

In the first issue of the Bulletin it is announced that Hugo Gernsback has donated a copy of John Wilkins' "Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse Tending to Prove That There May be Another Habitable World in the Moon, and Concerning the Possibility of a Passage Thither". The book was presented by a descendant, Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins. This "presentation" is a publicity stunt staged by founder David Lasser to drum up media attention.

The Bulletin also includes an article "The Universal Background of Interplanetary Travel" by Fletcher Pratt.

It is announced that meetings of the American Interplanetary Society are to be held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on alternate Friday evenings.

It is announced that the Verein für Raumschiffahrt now has 1000 members.