Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 31

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Volume 31 - 1978

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REMOTE SENSING EDITOR: DR. J. R. HARDY VOLUME 31 No. 1 JANUARY 1978
E. C BARRETT C. K. GRANT AN APPRAISAL OF LANDSAT 2 CLOUD IMAGERY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF FUTURE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVING SYSTEMS 3
P. BRIMBLECOMBE A. ARMSTRONG and T. DAVIES REMOTE SENSING OF POLLUTANT PLUMES FROM LANDSAT 11
D. J. DAVID G. JOLY, and F. VERGER COMPUTER ELABORATION AND VISUALIZATION OF REMOTE-SENSING DATA 16
T.E. BEAUMONT P.J. BEAVERS THE USE OF SATELLITE IMAGERY FOR HIGHWAY ENGINEERING IN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES 21
A. C. ARMSTRONG P. BRIMBLECOMBE EXPERIENCE WITH THE PER-POINT CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR THE MAPPING OF ESTUARINE AREAS FROM LANDSAT 33
B. J. CHANDLER E. S. OWEN-JONES THE USE OF LANDSAT IMAGERY FOR TERRAIN ANALYSIS 37
SPACE REPORT 10, 15, 32, 36
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES VOLUME 31 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1978
J. A. DICKINSON J. F. CLEMMET THE APPLICATION OF CFRP TO THE SPACELAB PALLET 43
R. M. JENKINS CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS FOR THE GROUNDING OF SPACECRAFT EXTERNAL SURFACES 49
A. BOWRY C. HAYMAN and P. J. C. KENT HOT BURST STRENGTH OF VAPOUR DEPOSITED RHENIUM 57
R. E. BROWN PLASMA COATINGS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY 60
R. H. REICHEL THE AIR-SCOOPING NUCLEAR-ELECTRIC PROPULSION CONCEPT FOR ADVANCED ORBITAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION MISSIONS 62
G. VULPETTI R. MELLI FAST NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF NUCLEAR-ELECTRIC PROPULSION ORBITER-AROUND-JUPITER MISSIONS 67
SPACE REPORT 66,75-78
BOOK REVIEWS 79
REPORTS FOR LOAN 80
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 31 No. 3 MARCH 1978
. F. D. SEWARD A TRIP TO THE CRAB NEBULA 83
G. VULPETTI DIRECT FISSION PROPULSION: IMPROVEMENT OF A SERIES-STAGED STARSHIP FROM IMPULSIVE JETTISONING POLICY 93
E. M. JONES INTERSTELLAR COLONIZATION 103
I. RIDPATH A SIGNALLING STRATEGY FOR INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION 108
M. SUBOTOWICZ CETI FROM AN EARTH SATELLITE ORBIT 109
K. VULKOV ASTRONAUTICAL GENERALISATION OF THE EFFECTS OF RELATIVITY DUE TO FLYBY OF A CENTRAL FIELD OF GRAVITATION 111
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 113
P. M. MOLTON EXOBIOLOGICAL NOTEBOOK 119
PLANETS and LIFE EDITOR; PROFESSOR G. BELYAVIN VOLUME 31 No. 4 APRIL 1978
JANET E. JONES FROM THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE TO THE EARLIEST GEOLOGICAL TIMES 123
M. A. BODIN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE PART 1 : THE PRE-BIOTIC ERA 129
PART 2 : MONOMERS TO POLYMERS 140
PETER M. MOLTON POLYMERS TO LIVING CELLS - MOLECULES AGAINST ENTROPY 147
PETER M. MOLTON EXOTIC LIFE AND EXOBIOLOGY 156
SPACE REPORT 146, 160
ORBITAL DYNAMICS EDITOR: DR. D. G. KING-HELE VOLUME 31 No. 5 MAY 1978
EDITORIAL 162
S. RAJARAM P. S. GOEL MAGNETIC ATTITUDE CONTROL OF NEAR EARTH SPINNING SATELLITES 163
R. H. GOODING THE ORBIT OF THE SATELLITE ARIEL 4 (1971 - 109A) 168
C. L. BROOKE'S UPPER ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM THE ORBIT OF 1971 - 37B, COSMOS 408 ROCKET 177
D. G. KING-HELE METHODS FOR PREDICTING SATELLITE ORBITAL LIFETIMES 181
D. M. C. WALKER UPPER-ATMOSPHERE WINDS FROM THE ORBIT OF 1973 - 101A 197
SPACE REPORT 175, 180
BOOK REVIEWS 200
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 31 No. 6 JUNE 1978
PETER M. MOLTON ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF A HUMAN INTERSTELLAR CIVILIZATION 203
D. R.J. VIEWING G. J. HORSWELL IS CATASTROPHE POSSIBLE? 209
E. J. BETINIS ON ET/ ALIEN PROBE FLUX DENSITY 217
T. A. HEPPENHEIMER ON THE INFEASIBILITY OF INTERSTELLAR RAMJETS 222
EUGENE F. MALLOVE ROBERT L. FORWARD and ZBIGNIEW PAPROTNY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION - APRIL 1977 UPDATE 225
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 235
SPACELAB EXPERIMENTS EDITOR: DR. J. A. CHAMPION VOLUME 31 No. 7 JULY 1978
G. SEIBERT ESA MATERIAL SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES FOR THE FIRST SPACELAB PAYLOAD 243
J. A. CHAMPION POTENTIAL OF SPACELAB FOR METALLURGICAL EXPERIMENTS 251
H. WEISS PREPARATORY EXPERIMENTS FOR SPACELAB MISSION 257
G. GREGER C. BLECHERT MATERIALS RESEARCH AND PROCESSING - NEW PROSPECTS FOR THE SPACE PROGRAMME OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 264
C. POLETTI F. ROSSITTO DYNAMIC EXPERIMENT OF THE ADHESION OF METALS 267
J. J. FAVIER Y. MALMEJAC THE CONTRIBUTION OF MICROGRAVITY EXPERIMENTS TO THE STUDY OF SOLIDIFICATION MECHANISMS
C. DOTARD A REVIEW OF THE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF Al-IN EMULSIONS AT ZERO GRAVITY 275
REMOTE SENSING EDITOR: DR. J. R. HARDY VOLUME 31 No. 8 AUGUST 1978
C.W. MISCHELL THE USE OF LANDSAT IMAGERY IN A LAND SYSTEM CLASSIFICATION OF JORDAN 283
B. F. LOCK J. L. VAN GENDEREN A METHODOLOGY FOR EMPLOYING LANDSAT DATA FOR RURAL LAND USE SURVEYS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 293
J.R. HARDY METHODS AND ACCURACY OF LOCATION OF LANDSAT MSS POINTS ON MAPS 305
J. C. PRICE HEAT CAPACITY MAPPING MISSION 313
SPACE REPORT 292. 317
BOOK REVIEWS 312
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 31 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 1978
K J. ROONEY INTERSTELLAR PROBES - A COMMUNICATIONS PHILOSOPHY 323
A.A. JACKSON IV DANIEL P.WHITMIRE A LASER POWERED INTERSTELLAR ROCKET 335
F. WINTERBERG LAUNCHING OF LARGE PAYLOADS INTO EARTH ORBIT BY INTENSE RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAMS 339
O. VULPETTI A PROBLEM OF RELATIVISTIC NAVIGATION: THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL ROCKET EQUATION 344
P. M. MOLTON EXOBIOLOGICAL NOTEBOOK 352
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 354
SPACE REPORT 334, 338, 351
SATELLITE CONTROL AND DATA PROCESSING EDITOR: DR. R. HOLDAWAY VOLUME 31 No. 10 OCTOBER 1978
GORDON R. BOLTON KAI F. CLAUSDEN SPACELAB PAYLOAD DATA PATH FROM USER INPUT (ON-BOARD) TO USER OUTPUT (LABORATORY) 363
GORDON R. BOLTON RUDOLF SELG HIGH RATE DATA HANDLING IN SPACELAB AND ON GROUND 375
K. F. WAKKER ORBIT PREDICTION FOR THE ASTRONOMICAL NETHERLANDS SATELLITE 387
K. A. BUCK COMMAND SYSTEM FOR THE UK-6 SATELLITE 397
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 31 No. 11 NOVEMBER 1978
G. VULPETTI STARSHIP FLIGHT OPTIMISATION: TIME PLUS ENERGY MINIMISATION CRITERION 403
ALAN BOND ANTHONY R. MARTIN A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF HABITABLE PLANETS IN THE GALAXY 411
THE SEARCH FOR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (SETI) CONCENSUS 416
SCIENTISTS OFFER NEW ANSWER TO OLD PUZZLE 423
THE HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY(HEAO) PROGRAMME 424
J. S. GRIFFITH ASTRONOMICAL NOTEBOOK 432
CORRESPONDENCE 438
METEORITE FRAGMENT CONFIRMED AS RARE TYPE 440
SATELLITE CONTROL AND DATA PROCESSING EDITOR: DR. R. HOLDAWAY VOLUME 31 No. 12 DECEMBER 1978
A. JOHNSON A VIEW OF THE MULTI-SATELLITE-SUPPORT SYSTEM 443
C. L. REIJNS RECENT AND EXPECTED DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPUTERS FOR SATELLITES 449
H. K. UTTERBACK J. M. WHISNANT and R. E. JENKINS A SYSTEM OF SOFTWARE FOR THE TIP SPACECRAFT COMPUTER 455
P. UBERTINI A. EMANUELE, C. D. LA PADULA and F. V. POLCARO A FULLY MICROPROCESSOR CONTROLLED PAYLOAD FOR HARD X-RAY DETECTION 462
J. V. BREAKWELL C. W. F. EVERITT, D. B. SCHAECHTER and R. A. VAN PATTERN GEODESY INFORMATION IN A MODIFIED RELATIVITY MISSION WITH TWO COUNTER ORBITING POLAR SATELLITES 465
J. R. HARDY A STUDY OF THE POTENTIAL OF LANDSAT MSS DIGITAL DATA FOR WOODLAND CENSUS IN BRITAIN 467