Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 40
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Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 40
Volume 40 - 1987
Author | Co-Authors | Title | Page |
SPACE STATIONS | EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES | VOLUME 40 NO. 1 JANUARY 1987 | |
D. C. FEARN | N. C. WALLACE | ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS | 3 |
M. J. LEGGETT | THE SPACE STATION IN CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING | 11 | |
C. M. HEMPSELL | EXTENDING THE SPACE STATION INFRASTRUCTURE | 19 | |
S. R. DAUNCEY | INTERNATIONAL USE OF SPACE STATION FACILITIES | 27 | |
D. C. FERNS | D. W. LYTTON AND M. DILLON | PAYLOAD OPERATIONS ON THE COLUMBUS POLAR PLATFORM | 33 |
D. E. MULLINGER | TOWARDS A USER-FRIENDLY SPACE STATION | 39 | |
M.J. F. FOWLER | SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS: AN ASSESSMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY | 43 | |
PIONEERING SPACE | EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES | VOLUME 40 NO. 2 FEBRUARY 1987 | |
B. GIRE | J. SCHIBLER | THE FRENCH NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMME 1950-1975 | 51 |
J. R. HANSEN | TRANSITION TO SPACE: A HISTORY OF 'SPACEPLANE` CONCEPTS AT LANGLEY AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY 1952-1957 | 67 | |
R. WHEELER | P. SNOWDON | AMERICAN WOMEN IN SPACE | 81 |
C. PEEBLES | SETTING OUT FOR SPACE | 89 | |
L. J. CARTER | THE VALIER EXPERIMENTS | 91 | |
J. W. POWELL | NAVAHO, THE "KNOW-HOW" MISSILE | 93 | |
CORRESPONDENCE | 96 | ||
SPACE CHRONICLE | EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES | VOLUME 40 NO. 3 MARCH 1987 | |
A. R. HARRISON | PIXEL-BASED RECLASSIFICATION OF CLASSIFIED IMAGES AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS | 99 | |
R. F. SCOTT | INSTRUMENT CHECKOUT FACILITIES AT THE MULLARD SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY | 103 | |
P. R. HARRIS | INNOVATIONS IN SPACE MANAGEMENT | 109 | |
M. H. HARRISON | SPACE STATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES | 117 | |
A. A. H. DRINKENBURG | CONVECTION UNDER MICROGRAVITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON MASS TRANSFER | 125 | |
D. F. BENDER | THE LUNAR CAPTURE PHASE OF THE TRANSFER OF ASTEROIDAL MATERIAL TO EARTH ORBIT BY MEANS OF GRAVITY ASSIST TRAJECTORIES | 129 | |
K. HECKS | MECHANICAL DESIGN OF THE EUROSTAR PLATFORM | 133 | |
T. T. GARNER | CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT | 140 | |
SPACE SCIENCE | EDITOR: DR. J. K. DAVIES ASSISTANT EDITOR: DR. G. ALFREY | VOLUME 40 NO. 4 APRIL 1987 | |
A. P. WILLMORE | THIRTY YEARS OF SPACE RESEARCH | 147 | |
G. M. SIMNETT | SPACECRAFT STUDIES OF THE SUN AND THE HELIOSPHERE | 149 | |
C.J. EYLES ET AL | THE SPACE LAB 2 CODED MASK X-RAY TELESCOPE | 159 | |
P. K. S. HARPER ET AL | THE FLIGHT OF THE SPACELAB X-RAY TELESCOPE | 163 | |
G. K. SKINNER | T. J. PONMAN | CODED MASK TELESCOPES FOR X-RAY ASTRONOMY | 169 |
C. V. GOODALL | J. K. DAVIES | DESIGN AND TESTING OF THE ROSAT WIDE FIELD CAMERA | 173 |
D. K. BEDFORD | G. M. SIMNETT | MARTHE: A NEW APPROACH TO X-RAY IMAGING TELESCOPES | 181 |
J. C. M. PEDEN | HIGH ENERGY DATA ANALYS!S AT BIRMINGHAM | 185 | |
J. R. H HERRING | SIMULATING X-RAYS IN SPACE; THE LONG VACUUM X-RAY FACILITY AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY | 189 | |
K. H. ELLIOT | C. J. EYLES | THE UNIVERSITY TELESCOPE AND OBSERVATORY | 195 |
BOOK REVIEWS | 199 | ||
SOVIET ASTRONAUTICS | EDITOR: C. A. SIMPSON | VOLUME 40 NO. 5 MAY 1987 | |
P.S. CLARK | SOVIET SPACE ACTIVITY 1985-1986 | 203 | |
D. ANDERMAN | SOVIET TYPE E BOOSTER - AS SKEPTICAL VIEW | 223 | |
J. PARFITT | A. BOND | THE SOVIET MANNED LUNAR LANDING PROGRAMME | 231 |
P.S. CLARK | TOPICE CONNECTED WITH THE SOVIET MANNED LUNAR LANDING PROGRAMME | 235 | |
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EUROPEAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTRE | EDITOR: R. A. FLOOD | VOLUME 40 NO. 6 JUNE 1987 | |
D. E. B. WILKINS | EUROPEAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTRE | 243 | |
R. A. FLOOD | THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM | 257 | |
M. I. BARRETT | THE ESTRACK NETWORK | 259 | |
M. TABBERT | COMPUTING FACILITIES AT ESOC | 267 | |
W. FLURY | MISSION ANALYSIS | 271 | |
C. MAZZA | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AT ESOC | 277 | |
R. E. MUNCH | ESOC FLIGHT DYNAMICS ACTIVITIES | 283 | |
PIONEERING SPACE | EDITOR: E. J. BECKLAKE | VOLUME 40 NO.7 JULY 1987 | |
E. J. BECKLAKE | P.J. TURVEY | CONGREVE AT THE ROTUNDA | 291 |
P.J. TURVEY | SOME UNUSUAL CONGREVE ROCKETS | 299 | |
M. BALL | P.J. TURVEY | AMERICAN INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY'S NO. 2 ROCKET: IT'S ORIGINS, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND LAUNCH | 301 |
DR. ROBERT H GODDARD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL LIQUID-FUELLED ROCKET AS LAUNCHED AT AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS ON MARCH 16, 1926 | 305 | ||
S. GORDON | IMI SUMMERFIELD ROCKET MOTORS AND PROPELLANTS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT | 311 | |
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES | EDITOR: A.R. MARTIN | VOLUME 40 No.8 AUGUST 1987 | |
M.A. MINOVITCH | A GENERALISED THEORY OF CLASSICAL ROCKET PROPULSION FOR FUTURE SPACE TRAVEL | 341 | |
Z. PAPTRONY | J. LEHMANN. J. PRYTZ | INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY – 1986 UPDATE | 353 |
B.A. LEBON | SPACE TRANSPORTATION THROUGH MAGNETIC SHEPHERDING OF A GRAZING EARTH RING: AN ECOLOGICAL HEART-SHAPED EARTH RING BY 2010? | 365 | |
J.T. EARLY | SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH ENERGY TRANSFER AND FORCE BEAMS | 371 | |
J.W. DEARDORFF | EXAMINATION OF THE EMBARGO HYPOTHESIS AS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE GREAT SILENCE | 373 | |
CORRESPONDENCE | 380 | ||
PIONEERING SPACE | EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES | VOLUME 40 NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 1987 | |
F. I. ORDWAY | PIONEERING COMMERCIAL ROCKETRY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THIOKOL'S REACTION MOTORS DIVISION, 1958-1972, PART 3: RMD OPERATIONAL HISTORY | 389 | |
F. H. WINTER | PIONEERING COMMERCIAL ROCKETRY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THIOKOL'S REACTION MOTORS DIVISION, 1958-1972, PART 4: RMD PROJECT HISTORY | 405 | |
J. W. POWELL | G. R. RICHARDS | THE ORBITING VEHICLE SERIES OF SATELLITES | 417 |
J. T. GARNER | M. JONES | ETOL AND ESA COMMUNICATION SATELLITE PROGRAMMES | 427 |
MISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS | EDITOR: DR. W.I. MCLAUGHLIN | VOL 40. NO. 10 OCTOBER 1987 | |
H. CANNON | SYMBOLIC PROCESSING | 437 | |
H. LUM | L. HOLCOMB | AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS | 443 |
B. KATZ | R. BROOKS | UNDERSTANDING NATURAL LANGUAGE FOR SPACECRAFT SEQUENCING | 451 |
D.E. FINNERTY | P. DOMS AND J. MARTIN | ASSET: AN APPLICATION IN MISSION AUTOMATION FOR SCIENCE PLANNING | 461 |
J. ERICKSON | INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS FOR AN EVOLUTIONARY SPACE STATION | 471 | |
B. WILCOX | D. GENNERY | A MARS ROVER FOR THE 1990S | 483 |
MISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS | EDITOR: G. V. GROVES | VOLUME 40 NO.11 NOVEMBER 1987 | |
D. E. B. WILKINS | COMMUNICATIONS AND MANNED SPACEFLIGHT -THE VITAL LINK | 493 | |
J. PLEVIN | D. LYNN | EARTH OBSERVATION FROM THE SPACE STATION | 505 |
J. W. POWELL | THE SPACE TEST PROGRAMME — AN UPDATE | 513 | |
B.B. BURKHALTER | G.S. JAMES | ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF SPACE EDUCATION THROUGH PROGRAMME EVALUATION | 519 |
P. S. CLARK | SOVIET LAUNCH VEHICLE FAILURES | 527 | |
SPACE TECHNOLOGY | EDITOR; G. V. GROVES | VOLUME 40 NO.12 DECEMBER 1987 | |
E. LANTZ | A HIGH ENERGY LAUNCHER FOR TRANS ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES | 533 | |
J.R. FRENCH | J. WRIGHT | SOLAR SAIL MISSIONS TO MERCURY | 543 |
M.J. FOGG | THE TERRAFORMING OF VENUS | 551 |