Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 33

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Volume 33 - 1980

Author Co-Authors Title Page
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 33 No. 1 JANUARY 1980
L. D. JAFFE et al AN INTERSTELLAR PRECURSOR MISSION 3
G. VULPETTI NOISE-EFFECTS IN RELATIVISTIC PURE-ROCKET DYNAMICS 27
CONFERENCE REPORT 35
CORRESPONDENCE 37
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 33 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1980
I. V. FRANKLIN SOLAR ARRAY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE 1980s AND BEYOND 43
M. B. BARNES S. CRAIG and A. HASKELL THE MIRANDA (X4) INFRA-RED EXPERIMENT: DESIGN, PERFORMANCE AND EARTH RADIANCE MEASUREMENTS 52
D. M. ASHFORD A SMALL EUROPEAN SHUTTLE 66
R. M. SHELTON SOLAR POWER SATELLITES - CHALLENGE TO EUROPEAN INDUSTRY 73
SPACE REPORT 79
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 33 No. 3 MARCH 1980
G. L. MATLOFF E. F. MALLOVE THE FIRST INTERSTELLAR COLONISATION MISSION 84
MONTE ROSS DESIGN OF AN OPTICAL RECEIVER FOR SPACE SIGNALS 89
ROBERT A. FREITAS, Jr. INTERSTELLAR PROBES: A NEW APPROACH TO SETI 95
A. BOND A. R. MARTIN A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF HABITABLE PLANETS IN THE GALAXY: PART 2 101
C.E. SINGER INTERSTELLAR PROPULSION USING A PELLET STREAM FOR MOMENTUM TRANSFER 107
A. A. JACKSON SOME CONSIDERATIONS ON THE ANTIMATTER AND FUSION RAM AUGMENTED INTERSTELLAR ROCKET 117
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 33 No. 4 APRIL 1980
J.W. HEATON CONCEPTS FOR A EUROPEAN MULTI-ROLE SPACECRAFT 133
D. C. FEARN THE USE OF ION THRUSTERS FOR ORBIT-RAISING 129
E. VALLERANI THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPACELAB TOWARDS THE SPACE STATIONS 138
SPACE REPORT 160
SPACE AND EDUCATION EDITOR: G. J. N. SMITH VOLUME 33 No. 5 MAY 1980
SUMMER TERM SPACE EDUCATION NEWS 162
SPACE REPORT 163
D. P. THOMAS C. R. FRANCIS SATELLITES WE HAVE KNOWN AND LOVED - A SYNOPSIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC RESULTS TO DATE 165
W. WIENSS SPACELAB - SHELTER AND HABITAT FOR FUTURE MANNED MISSIONS 173
P. A.THYER A COURSE IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCE 185
W. A. KISKO ELECTRIC PROPULSION COMES OF AGE 190
G. K. C. PARDOE THE INDUSTRIALISATION OF SPACE 195
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 33 No. 7 JULY 1980
ROBERT A. FREITAS A SELF-REPRODUCING INTERSTELLAR PROBE 251
H.D. FRONING, Jr. PROPULSION REQUIREMENTS FOR A QUANTUM INTERSTELLAR RAMJET 265
ENRICO J. COFFEY COMPUTERS AND INTELLIGENCE 271
P.M. MOLTON EXOBIOLOGY NOTEBOOK 278
SPACE CHRONICLE EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 33 No. 8 AUGUST 1980
C. PEEBLES A TRAVELLER IN THE NIGHT 282
W. L MCLAUGHLIN PREDISCOVERY EVIDENCE OF PLANETARY RINGS 287
N. L. JOHNSON TRENDS OF THE SOVIET PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMME 295
F. H. WINTER THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY - 1930-1962 303
SPACE REPORT 294,302
IMAGE PROCESSING EDITOR: DR. R. HOLDAWAY VOLUME 33 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 1980
P. L. JEPSEN et al. VOYAGER IMAGE PROCESSING AT THE IMAGE PROCESSING LABORATORY 315
R. S. STOBIE ANALYSIS OF ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES USING MOMENTS 323
E. MATTSON A PROCESSOR FOR COMPRESSION OF MULTI-SPECTRAL DATA ON-BOARD REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES 326
G. K. SKINNER IMAGING OF COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES USING CODED MASK TELESCOPES 333
A. WOOD THE CLIP4 ARRAY PROCESSOR 338
IMAGE PROCESSING EDITOR: DR. R. HOLDAWAY VOLUME 33 No.10 OCTOBER 1980
D. D. WALKER M. L. KENDALL PROCESSING OF GROUND-BASED ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES OBTAINED USING PHOTON-COUNTING TECHNIQUES 347
P. NORRIS IMAGE PROCESSING FOR THE ESA FAINT OBJECT 352
M. D. LAWDEN D. PEARCE MAKING THE VICAR IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM PORTABLE 369
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 33 No. 11 NOVEMBER 1980
K. A. EHRICKE THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL IMPERATIVE : PART THREE. 379
P. F. CLANCY SOME ADVANTAGES OF WIDE OVER NARROW BAND SIGNALS IN THE SEARCH FOR 391
E. J. COFFEY THE NATURE OF LIVING ORGANISMS 396
F. VALDES R. A. FREITAS, JR. COMPARISON OF REPRODUCING AND NON-REPRODUCING STARPROBE STRATEGIES FOR GALACTIC EVOLUTION 402
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 33 No. 12 DECEMBER 1980
W. WESTPHAL J. RUTH and D. KASSING CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR A POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF SOLAR POWER SATELLITES (SPS) FOR EUROPE 411
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER SPACE OPERATIONS CENTER - A CONCEPT ANALYSIS 419
A. DICECCA R. GAMBERALE THE DATA HANDLING SUBSYSTEM ON-BOARD THE EXOSAT SPACECRAFT 427
H. M. MOONEY THE DESIGN OF A SATELLITE-BASED SYSTEM FOR COASTAL OCEANS MONITORING 433
BOOK REVIEWS 440