Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 30

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Volume 30 - 1977

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SPACE SCIENCE EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES VOLUME 30 No. 1 JANUARY 1977
D. W. HUGHES THE DIRECT INVESTIGATION OF COMETS BY SPACE PROBES 3
C. E. HUNT SPACE EXPLORATION OF THE JOVIAN ATMOSPHERE 15
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 20
D. LEVRINGTON GEOS - EUROPE'S FIRST GEOSYNCHRONOUS SCIENTIFIC SATELLITE 21
G. V. GROVES ENERGY FLUXES PROPAGATED BY DIURNAL OSCILLATIONS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE 32
NEWS REPORTS 14,31
BOOK REVIEWS 37
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: DR. R. C. PARKINSON VOLUME 30 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1977
J. F. YARDLEY ROLE OF SPACELAB IN THE SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (STS) 43
H. B. KELLY K. H. HOUGHTON BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE SPACELAB 47
M. A. BODIN BRIEF HUMAN VACUUM EXPOSURE IN RELATION TO SPACE RESCUE OPERATIONS 55
S. K. SHRIVASTA VA H. B. HABLAND and A. S. GOPINATH SPACTS: SEMI-PASSIVE ATTITUDE CONTROL AND TRAJECTORY STABILISATION SYSTEM FOR A GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE 63
N. G. DENNIS A RELIABILITY REVIEW OF AEROSPACE MECHANISMS 72
H. O. RUPPE LIMITS OF FUTURE SPACE TRANSPORTATION 76
NEWS REPORTS 46, 54, 62, 68, 78
TECHNICAL REPORTS 79
BOOK REVIEWS 80
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 30 No. 3 MARCH 1977
M. A. G. MICHAUD SPACEFLIGHT, COLONIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE: A SYNTHESIS 83
C. L. MATLOFF COSMIC RAY SHIELDING FOR MANNED INTERSTELLAR ARKS AND MOBILE HABITATS 96
D. R. VIEWING C. J. HORSWELL and E. W. PALMER DETECTION OF STARSHIPS 99
D. G. STEPHENSON FACTORS LIMITING THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWENTIETH CENTURY MAN AND INTERSTELLAR CULTURES 105
N. H. LANGTON W. R. OLIVER MATERIALS IN INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT 109
A. C. FABIAN SIGNALLING OVER INTERSTELLAR DISTANCES WITH X-RAYS 112
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 114
FIFTH INTERNATIONAL REVIEW MEETING OF COMMUNICATION WITH EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (CETI) 119
SPACE REPORT 108, 113, 120
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR: DR. N. SIMMONS VOLUME 30 No. 4 APRIL 1977
J. B. LA GARDE SETTING UP A WORLDWIDE MARITIME SATELLITE SYSTEM 123
PAUL HOGWOOD PALAPA - INDONESIA TO THE FORE 127
H. O. RUPPE A HISTORY OF THE COMMUNICATION SATELLITE 131
R. D. McQUEEN THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS MISSION ON THE SYSTEM DESIGN OF THE ORBITAL TEST SATELLITE 135
J. DIJK E. J. MAANDERS ATS-6 SATELLITE 30 GHz PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS DURING HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 143
D. G. HAWKRIDGE SATELLITES AND EDUCATION: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS 147
J. L. BLONSTEIN BUT WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? 155
SATCOM NEWS 154, 159, 160
REMOTE SENSING EDITOR: DR. J. R. HARDY VOLUME 30 No. 5 MAY 1977
E. S. OWEN-JONES B.J. CANDLER THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGERY IN EARTH RESOURCES STUDIES 163
A. C. ARMSTRONG THE RELATIVE PERFORMANCE OF SOME UNSUPERVISED CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES FOR THE PER-FIELD CLASSIFICATION OF LANDSAT DATA 168
R. HULSTROM L. ADAMS and L. OLDHAM INFLIGHT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSOR DATA BY GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS 173
A. R. BARRINGER J. H. DAVIES SATELLITE MONITORING OF ATMOSPHERIC GASES 178
L. P. WHITE MONITORING FROM SATELLITES 183
A. M. TONELLI COMPUTING RESIDUALS IN GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH 187
O. E. MORGAN DATA REDUCTION AND INFORMATION EXTRACTION FOR REMOTELY SENSED IMAGES 193
REMOTE SENSING NEWS 167, 171, 192
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 30 No. 6 JUNE 1977
MICHAEL A. C. MICHAUD SPACEFLIGHT, COLONIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE: A SYNTHESIS (PART TWO) 203
G. L. MATLOFF A. J. FENNELLY INTERSTELLAR APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF SEVERAL ELECTROSTATIC/ELECTROMAGNETIC ION COLLECTION TECHNIQUES 213
D. P. WHITMIRE A. A. JACKSON, IV LASER POWERED INTERSTELLAR RAMJET 223
H. O. RUPPE MANNED PLANETARY MISSIONS -- A NEW LOOK 227
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 232
SPACE REPORT 222,231
CORRESPONDENCE 240
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES VOLUME 30 No. 7 JULY 1977
GUSTAVUS J. SIMMONS SURFACE PENETRATORS - A PROMISING NEW TYPE OF PLANETARY LANDER 243
JESCO von PUTTKAMER THE NEXT 25 YEARS: INDUSTRIALIZATION OF SPACE: RATIONALE FOR PLANNING 257
ROBERT FREITAG NASA PHILOSOPHY CONCERNING SPACE STATIONS AS OPERATIONS CENTERS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF LARGE ORBITING

ENERGY SYSTEMS

265
R.J. JUDE AN ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN EARTH POINTING SKYLARK ROCKET 272
SPACE COLONIZATION EDITOR: DR. R. C. PARKINSON VOLUME 30 No. 8 AUGUST 1977
A. V. CLEAVER ON THE REALISATION OF PROJECTS: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO O'NEILL SPACE COLONIES AND THE LIKE 283
M. M. HOPKINS A PRELIMINARY COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SPACE COLONIZATION 289
T. A. HEPPENHEIMER TWO NEW PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR USE IN SPACE COLONIZATION 301
E. C. HANNAH RADIATION PROTECTION FOR SPACE COLONIES 310
D. CAULKINS RAW MATERIALS FOR SPACE MANUFACTURING A COMPARISON OF TERRESTRIAL PRACTICE AND LUNAR AVAILABILITY 315
H. U. RUPPE POWERSATS: AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT 317
TECHNICAL REPORTS FOR LOAN 309
SPACE REPORT 316
BOOK REVIEWS 320
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 30 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 1977
MICHAEL, A. G. MICHAUD SPACEFLIGHT, COLONIZATION AND INDEPENDENCE: A SYNTHESIS 323
T. B. TANG THE NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIVE CIVILISATIONS IN A GALAXY 332
F. WINTERBORG ROCKET PROPULSION BY STAGED THERMONUCLEAR MICROEXPLOSIONS 333
R. H. GRAY BROADCAST STRATEGIES IN THE GALAXY: A PRINCIPAL MESSAGE SOURCE LOCALE 341
D. W SEARS METEORITES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 344
M. W. SAUNDERS DATABANK FOR AN INHABITED EXTRASOLAR PLANET: PURPOSE, INDICATION AND INSTALLATION 349
BOOK REVIEW 359
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES VOLUME 30 No. 10 OCTOBER 1977
R. L. HAMMEL, A. S. GILLIAM and D. M. WALTZ SPACE PROCESSING PAYLOADS --- A REQUIREMENTS OVERVIEW 363
J. B. HILTON SKYLARK SOUNDING ROCKET FOR SPACE PROCESSING EXPERIMENTS 377
P. D. MATTHEWS J. N. LOWE A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANALYSING BERYLLIUM TO THE STRUCTURES OF ADVANCED EUROPEAN COMMUNICATIONS

SATELLITES DURING THE NEXT DECADE

383
N. L. HANCOX D. C. C. MINTY MATERIALS QUALIFICATION AND PROPERTY MEASUREMENTS OF CARBON FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITES FOR SPACE USE 391
SPACE REPORT 381, 390, 399, 400
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR: DR. N. SIMMONS VOLUME 30 No.11 NOVEMBER 1977
N. R. HELM B.I. EDELSON SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY 403
E. GOLDEN MODERN ANTENNA CONCEPT FOR DIRECT TV SATELLITES APPLICATION TO NORDSAT 413
PROFILE: G. R. JEFFERSON 427
H. KHAKZAR TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE IRANIAN DOMESTIC COMMUNICATION SATELLITE 428
CORRESPONDENCE 432
B. N. AGRAWAL C. RDEGEL APPLICATION OF ADVANCED MATERIALS IN FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES 433
SATCOM NEWS 440
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 30 No. 12 DECEMBER 1977
K. W. GATLAND SECOND BIS CONFERENCE ON INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION 443
E. J. COFFEY THE NATURE OF INTELLIGENCE 445
E. J. COFFEY THE EVOLUTION OF TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE 451
C. POWELL R. P. MIKKILINENI OPTIMAL EXHAUST VELOCITY PROGRAMMING FOR A SINGLE-STAGE CONSTANT-POWER STARSHIP 460
C. A. CROSS OPTIMAL TRANSFER BETWEEN POINTS IN RELATIVE UNIFORM MOTION 463
SPACE REPORT 465
J. ARMITAGE THE PROSPECT OF ASTRO-PALAEONTOLOGY 466
ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 470
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