Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 32

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Volume 32 - 1979

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES VOLUME 32 No. 1 JANUARY 1979
A. C. ARMSTRONG P. BRIMBLECOMBE A CONSPECTUS OF COMPUTER AIDED AND AIR-PHOTO INTERPRETATION TECHNIQUES FOR THE STUDY OF LANDSAT IMAGERY 3
J. A. PERSCHY THE SEASAT-A SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETER SPACEBORNE MICROCOMPUTER 9
R. GUNZENHAUSER M. WLAKA and H. D. ZAGO A MICROCOMPUTER BASED SYSTEM FOR ON-BOARD ATTITUDE CONTROL APPLICATIONS 15
GERALD W. DRIGGERS A SCHEME FOR TRANSPORT OF LUNAR MATERIALS TO UTILIZATION SITES IN EARTH ORBIT 24
H. TED HUDDLESTON, JR JOEL FOX METAL EXTRACTION FROM LUNAR ORE 27
T. PARTHA SARATHY M. K. SAHA MULTIPLE ACCESS CONSIDERATIONS FOR A SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A DEVELOPING COUNTRY 32
W. WUEST C. H. CHUN CONVECTIVE THERMOCAPILLARY AND THERMOMOLECULAR FLUID FLOW IN LOW-G ENVIRONMENT 37
SPACE REPORT 8, 14, 36
SATELLITE CONTROL AND DATA PROCESSING EDITOR: DR. R. HOLDAWAY VOLUME 32 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1979
J. A. VAN STUVENBERG THE ON BOARD COMPUTER FOR THE IRAS SATELLITE 43
E. COLTON E. DUNFORD IMAGE PROCESSING FOR THE IUE SATELLITE 47
I. MISTRIK ZODIACAL LIGHT EXPERIMENT FOR THE SOLAR PROBE HELIOS: DATA PROCESSING AND EVALUATION 53
G. J. HAMEETMAN IRAS ON-BOARD SOFTWARE 59
B. R. MARTIN IRAS GROUND OPERATIONS AND PRELIMINARY DATA PROCESSING 65
C. P. CHARLTON R. J. FRYER, J. W. G. WILSON and C. M. SIMNET THE CONTROL OF A HARD X-RAY IMAGING SPECTROMETER ON BOARD THE SMM USING TWO MUTUALLY REDUNDANT MICROPROCESSORS 71
C. K. SKINNER IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR THE ROTATION MODULATION COLLIMATOR EXPERIMENT ON ARIEL 5 77
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 32 No. 3 MARCH 1979
EDITORIAL 83
TONG B. TANG THE FUNDAMENTAL DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE: PART ONE 84
TONG B. TANG THE FUNDAMENTAL DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE: PART TWO 88
R. A. WALDRON THE BALLISTIC THEORY OF LIGHT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SPACE TRAVEL 95
N. J. SPALL THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF INTELLIGENT ALIENS 99
C K. PATHAK J. N. PANT and H. D. PATHAK PHOTOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF AMINO ACIDS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ETHYL ALCOHOL AMMONIA/NITROGEN UNDER VARIED CONDITIONS 103
THE NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY (NRAO) 107
M. A. G. MICHAUD SETI HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON 116
CORRESPONDENCE 119
SPACE SCIENCE EDITOR: DR. G. E. HUNT VOLUME 32 No, 4 APRIL 1979
J. S. BURY THE PLANET VENUS 123
J. MOSELEY SIR ROBERT STAWELL BALL, F.R.S. 156
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR: P. J. CONCHIE VOLUME 32 No. 5 MAY 1979
THE OTS SATELLITE 163
J. E. GOLDING R. J. KERNOT and J. R. LEWIS THE ECS SYSTEM FROM A USER'S VIEWPOINT 167
J. R. LEWIS J. E. GOLDING and R. I. KERNOT THE OTS TEST PROGRAMME 173
S. ARMSTRONG THE MARECS PAYLOAD 180
D. McLAURIN T J. P. CURRAN IN-ORBIT PERFORMANCE OF THE ORBITAL TEST SATELLITE (OTS) 186
C. RAITT-BROWN A. HAIGH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE AND DERIVATIVES 191
SPACE REPORT 179, 185, 189, 198
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 32 No. 6 JUNE 1979
MONTE ROSS THE LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING EXTRATERRESTRIAL LASER SIGNALS 203
GIOVANNI VULPETTI MULTIPLE PROPULSION CONCEPT: THEORY AND PERFORMANCE 209
GORDON W. PACE THE USE OF BINARY STARS AS TIME MARKERS IN INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATION 215
GREGORY L. MATLOFF THE INTERSTELLAR RAMJET ACCELERATION RUNWAY 219
M. A. STULL ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APPARENT ABSENCE OF EXTRATERRESTRIALS ON EARTH 221
A. K. PANT D. D. MELKANI and H. D. PATHAK ACETONITRILE: A PLAUSIBLE SOURCE OF AMINO ACIDS ON THE PRIMITIVE EARTH 223
CORRESPONDENCE 227, 239
THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY 228
SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL REVIEW MEETING ON COMMUNICATION WITH EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE (CETI) 237
SPACE COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR: P. J. CONCHIE VOLUME 32 No. 7 JULY 1979
W. L. MORGAN B. J. EDELSON THE ORBITAL ANTENNA FARM CONCEPT 243
R. R. COLLETTE B. L. HERDAN SATELLITE BROADCASTING IN EUROPE AND THE ASSOCIATED EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY PROGRAMME 255
T. R. C. HASSALL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE FOR THE USE OF SATELLITES 262
SPACE REPORT 254, 280
REPORTS FOR LOAN 261
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 32 No. 8 AUGUST 1979
ANTHONY R MARTIN and ALAN BOND NUCLEAR PULSE PROPULSION: A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF AN ADVANCED PROPULSION CONCEPT 283
KRAFFT A. EHRICKE THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL IMPERATIVE: PART 1; EVOLUTIONARY LOGIC 311
P. M. MOLTON EXOBIOLOGICAL NOTEBOOK 318
CORRESPONDENCE 320
SPACE AND EDUCATION JOINT EDITORS: P. J. CONCHIE and G. J. N. SMITH VOLUME 32 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 1979
AUTUMN TERM
INTRODUCTION 323
SPACE FLIGHTS AND MILESTONES 323
PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE OF THE ARIANE PROGRAMME 325
DR. ECKART KOTTKAMP SPACELAB - FLIGHT UNIT ASSEMBLY 330
DR. WERNER SOBOTTA SPACELAB - EUROPE'S FIRST MANNED SPACECRAFT 334
MARTIN R. DAVIDOFF SATELLITE SYSTEMS 339
DAVID C. HOLMES TEMPUS: A PROPOSAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TIME TRANSFER AND PRECISION TRACKING SATELLITE 347
W. LUKSCH COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF SPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS 352
JAMES MOSELEY BONNYCASTLE'S ASTRONOMY 354
VERDICT FROM ALEXANDRIA 358
SPACE AND EDUCATION JOINT EDITORS: P. J. CONCHIE and G. J. N. SMITH VOLUME 32 No. 10 OCTOBER 1979
WINTER/SPRING TERM
SPACE FLIGHTS AND MILESTONES 363
L. R. SHERER SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: STATUS REPORT 364
SIR EDWARD FENNESSEY TELECOMMUNICATIONS AD 2000 371
M. N. S WEETING THE AMATEUR SPACE PROGRAMME 378
W. L. MORGAN GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITE LOG 390
JAMES MOSELEY DERHAM'S ASTRO-THEOLOGY 396
BOOK REVIEWS 388
SPACE REPORT 400
ASTRONAUTICS HISTORY EDITOR: MITCHELL R. SHARPE VOLUME 32 No. 12 DECEMBER 1979
S. A. CURTIS THE USE OF THE GERMAN V-2 IN US FOR UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH 443
BRIAN R. PAGE THE CREATION OF NASA 449
ROGER E. BILSTEIN FROM THE S-IV TO THE S-IVB: THE EVOLUTION OF A ROCKET STAGE FOR SPACE EXPLORATION 452
R. CARGILL HALL PROJECT RANGER: FORGING A NEW ERA IN SPACE SCIENCE 459
W. DAVID COMPTON SCIENCE AND MANNED SPACEFLIGHT: THE SKYLAB EXPERIENCE 463
F. H. Winter THE ROCKET IN INDIA FROM "ANCIENT TIMES" TO THE 19TH CENTURY 467
MATTHEW P. WINDIBANK SHOEBURYNESS: A CENTRE OF BRITAIN'S ROCKET TESTING IN THE 19TH CENTURY 471