BIS Technical Committee

From The Space Library

Formed unofficially in 1936 the BIS Technical committee would spend their small budget and available time on building a handful of mechanical devices which would be useful in a spacecraft, including a Coeleostat, an Altimeter, a battery and a Speedometer. Most of the work was conducted in 1937 and 1938. However, their most notable achievement would be their design for a manned lunar spacecraft and launch system. This system would be unveiled in the January 1939 issue of JBIS. The committee comprised of the following individuals:

• Ralph A. Smith - Artist, Turbine Engineer
• John Happian Edwards - Director
• Arthur Janser - Chemist
• Arthur C. Clarke - Astronomer
• Maurice K. Hanson - Mathematician
• Harold E. Ross - Firing Controls
• H. Bramhill - Draftsman
• Arthur V. Cleaver - Aircraft Engineer
• Sydney Klemantaski - Biologist
• James G. Strong - Technical Assistant