Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 49
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Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 49
Volume 49
Author | Co-Authors | Title | Page |
PRACTICAL ROBOTICS FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS (Part I) | EDITOR: EDWARD BELBRUNO | VOL. 49 No. 1 JANUARY 1996 | |
J. VAN CLEVE | C. RIEKE & D. CRUIKSHANK | INFRARED INFERENCES OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS AMONG THE NEARBY STARS | 3 |
J.R. LESH | C.J. RUGGIER & R.J. CESARONE | SPACE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS | 7 |
J.L. ANDERSON | LEAPS OF THE IMAGINATION: INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT AND THE HORIZON MISSION METHODOLOGY | 15 | |
G.L. MATLOFF | USE OF PARABOLIC SOLAR CONCENTRATORS TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INTERSTELLAR SOLAR SAIL | 21 | |
DR. R.L. FORWARD | AD ASTRA! | 23 | |
G.L. MATLOFF | ROBOSLOTH: A SLOW INTERSTELLAR THIN-FILM ROBOT | 33 | |
C.B. PILCHER | ARE WE READY? | 37 | |
PIONEERING ROCKETRY AND SPACEFLIGHT (Part VI) | EDITOR: F I. ORDWAY III and F. H. WINTER | VOL. 49 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1996 | |
J.D. HUNLEY | THE LEGACIES OF ROBERT H. GODDARD AND HERMANN J. OBERTH | 43 | |
R.D. LAUNIUS | A WANING OF TECHNOCRATIC FAITH: NASA AND THE POLITICS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DECISION | 49 | |
G.E. SWANSON | SPACEPORT MICHIGAN WHEN ROCKETS FLEW FROM THE GREAT LAKES STATE: 1962-1971 | 59 | |
P.D. LOWMAN JR. | T PLUS TWENTY FIVE YEARS: A DEFENSE OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM | 71 | |
CORRESPONDENCE | 80 | ||
GENERAL ISSUE | EDITOR: L. J. CARTER | VOL.49 No. 3 MARCH 1996 | |
D.L. SIEVING | A CENTRIFUGAL HABITAT FOR REDUCED GRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS | 83 | |
T. PROBERT | J. HOOD and S. HEARNEY | MISSION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING CONCEPT FOR THE MSTI-3 SATELLITE | 97 |
M. LEIPOLD | S. LINGNER, E. BORG and J. BRUECKNER | MERCURY IMAGING FROM A SUN-SYNCHRONOUS SOLAR SAIL ORBITER | 105 |
W. PEETERS | S. SCIACOVELLI | COMMUNICATION RELATED ASPECTS IN MULTINATIONAL MISSIONS: EUROMIR 94 | 113 |
PRACTICAL ROBOTICS FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS (Part II) | EDITOR: EDWARD BELBRUNO | VOL. 49 No. 4 APRIL 1996 | |
D.G. ANDREWS | COST CONSIDERATIONS FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS | 123 | |
R.G. GILBERTSON | J.D. BUSCH | A SURVEY OF MICRO-ACTUATOR TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE SPACECRAFT MISSIONS | 129 |
J. VOS POST | HYDROGEN ICE SPACECRAFT FOR ROBOTIC INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT | 139 | |
R.I.. FORWARD | RADIOISOTOPE SAILS FOR DEEP SPACE PROPULSION AND POWER | 147 | |
A. HALE | NEARBY SOLAR-fl I E STARS AS CANDIDATES FOR INTERSTELLAR ROBOTIC MISSIONS | 150 | |
C. MACCONE | TELECOMMUNICATIONS, KLT & RELATIVITY | 155 | |
ELECTRIC PROPULSION (Part II) | EDITOR: D. G. FEARN | VOL. 49 No. 5 MAY 1996 | |
H. GRAY | P. SMITH and D.G. FEARN | UK ION PROPULSION SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT | 163 |
D.G. FEARN | N. C. WALLACE | A LOW ALTITUDE MAPPING MISSION USING ION PROPULSION FOR DRAG COMPENSATION | 173 |
D.C. FEARN | THE ULYSSES MISSION: THE ION PROPULSION ALTERNATIVE | 181 | |
D. ROUTIER | A SOLAR-ION PROPELLED MISSION TO THE LOCAL INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM | 193 | |
GENERAL ISSUE | EDITOR: L.J. CARTER | VOL. 49 NO. 6 JUNE 1996 | |
N. FITZ-COY & H.W. JANG | A GAME THEORETIC APPROACH FOR ACTIVE VIBRATION ISOLATION OF A SPACE PLATFORM | 203 | |
A.J. BARRINGTON BROWN | TRANSPUTERS AND THEIR USE IN ON-BOARD COMPUTERS | 209 | |
J.C. HORVATH | A.K. WARD & P.M. ENTWISTLE | SPACECRAFT AUTONOMY ISSUES: PRESENT AND FUTURE | 215 |
F.J. TIPLER | THE TWIN PARADOX FOR CONSTANT ACCELERATION SPACE CRAFT | 227 | |
B.B. BURKHALTER | DIRECT IMPLICATIONS OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY | 229 | |
M.R. SHARPE and J.E. FISHER | BOOK NOTICES | 238 | |
SOVIET ASTRONAUTICS | EDITOR: R. HALL | VOL. 49 No. 7 JULY 1996 | |
A. ZAK | THE CRADLE OF THE RUSSIAN ROCKET SCIENCE | 243 | |
B. SANDERS | AN ANALYSIS OF THE TRAJECTORY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE N-1 LUNAR LAUNCH VEHICLE | 249 | |
P.S. CLARK | THE FLIGHT OF COSMOS 2290 (1994-053A) | 259 | |
P.S. CLARK | THE HISTORY AND PROJECTS OF THE: YUZHNOYE DESIGN BUREAU | 267 | |
V.M. PETRAKOV | SOVIET ROCKETS FOR SPACE APPARATUS | 277 | |
EXOBIOLOGY (Part V) | EDITOR: SALVATORE SANTOLI | VOL. 49 No. 8 AUGUST 1996 | |
J.P. VALLEE | THE POTENTIAL OF SETI FOR MAJOR EXISTENTIAL MODELS | 283 | |
D.E. TARTER | ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR DETECTING VERY ADVANCED EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL CIVILISATIONS | 291 | |
R. ZUBRIN | DETECTION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILISATIONS VIA THE SPECTRAL SIGNATURE OF ADVANCED INTERSTELLAR SPACECRAFT | 297 | |
S. SANTOLI | 1/f MUSIC VS. ETI's ORACLE MACHINES — A MESOSCOPIC LOOPHOLE IN THE BARRIER OF MEANING? | 303 | |
G.L. MATLOFF | THE IMPACT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY UPON INTERSTELLAR SOLAR SAILING AND SETI | 307 | |
F.J. TIPLER | TRAVELLING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE | 313 | |
M.N. MAUTNER | SPACE-BASED GENETIC CRYOCONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES | 319 | |
PRACTICAL ROBOTICS FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS (Part III) | EDITOR: EDWARD BELBRUNO | VOL. 49 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 1996 | |
R.J. NOBLE | RADIOISOTOPE ELECTRIC PROPULSION FOR ROBOTIC SCIENCE MISSIONS TO NEAR-INTERSTELLAR SPACE | 322 | |
S.D. POTTER | G.L. MATLOFF | LIGHT SAIL PROPULSION USING THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGY | 329 |
C. MILEIKOWSKY | HOW AND WHEN COULD WE BE READY TO SEND A 1,000 KG RESEARCH PROBE WITH A COASTING SPEED OF 0,3C TO A STAR? | 335 | |
B.N. CASSENTI | G.L. MATLOFF and J. STROBL | THE STRUCTURAL RESPONSE AND STABILITY OF INTERSTELLAR SOLAR SAILS | 345 |
T. KAMMASH | M.J. LEE | A FUSION PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR NEAR-TERM SPACE EXPLORATION | 351 |
B.N. CASSENTI | ROBOTIC INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS AND ADVANCED NUCLEAR PROPULSION | 357 | |
VISION 60 PLUS (Part I) | EDITOR: K. WRIGHT | VOL. 49 No. 10 OCTOBER 1996 | |
R. ZUBRIN | THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MARTIAN FRONTIER | 365 | |
S. SANTOLI | 2060 AD AND BEYOND: ENVISAGEABLE SPACE ROBOTICS FROM. NEWLY-EMERGED CONCEPTS IN MINIATURISATION ANDINFORMATION PHYSICS | 371 | |
R. HANDBERG | THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR SPACE, FANTASY AND PRACTICALITY | 381 | |
A. HANSSON | TOWARDS LIVING SPACECRAFTS | 387 | |
D. RAFFT | K. PSEINER & A. ATZEI | SPACE 2020: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE | 391 |
R.C. MEINER | SPACE, DIRECTION FOR UNLIMITED GROWTH | 397 | |
MARS EXPLORATION | EDITOR: R. ZUBRIN | VOL.49 No. 11 NOVEMBER 1996 | |
M. J. FOGG | THE UTILITY OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ON MARS | 403 | |
J.E. FINN | K.R. SRIDHAR & C.P. McKAY | UTILISATION OF MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE CONSTITUENTS BY TEMPERATURE-SWING ADSORPTION | 423 |
R. ZUBRIN | ATHENA: A POSSIBLE FIRST STEP IN A PROGRAM OF HUMAN MARS EXPLORATION | 431 | |
K.R. SRIDHAR | MARS SAMPLE RETURN MISSION WITH ISPP | 435 | |
AFFORDABLE SPACE MISSIONS | EDITOR: D.G. FEARN | VOL.49 No. 12 DECEMBER 1996 | |
A.R. MARTIN | THE REAL COSTS OF AFFORDABLE ACCESS TO SPACE | 443 | |
A.R. MARTIN | W.E.F.L. MOULFORD and D.G. FEARN | LOW-COST INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS USING ELECTRIC PROPULSION | 447 |
R.J. NOBLE | RADIOISOTOPE ELECTRIC PROPULSION FOR SMALL ROBOTIC SPACE PROBES | 455 | |
C.M. HEMPSELL | R.T. MOSES | MICROSATELLITES AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL THE BUS-ALPHA EXPERIENCE | 469 |
M.L. SHMATOV | IGNITION OF MICROEXPLOSION BY THE LASER PUMPED BY ANOTHER MICROEXPLOSION | 475 |