Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 34

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Volume 34 - 1981

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SPACE CHRONICLE EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 34 No. 1 JANUARY 1981
D. M. ASHFORD G. C. J. LARROUCEAU PROJECT SPACECAB - A MINIMUM COST ORBITAL TAXI
A. WILSON A HISTORY OF BALLOON SATELLITES
F. H. WINTER ALFRED AFRICANO (1908-1980) 23
SOCIETY NEWS 26
J. N. JAMES THE PLANETARY EXPLORATION PROGRAMME AFTER TWO DECADES 27
J. D. BURKE THE FUTURE OF LUNAR EXPLORATION 33
BOOK REVIEWS 39
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 34 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1981
P. J. BIGGS J. L. BLONSTEIN L-SAT --- EUROPE'S SATELLITE FOR THE EIGHTIES 43
R. C. PARKINSON EARTH-MOON TRANSPORT OPTIONS IN THE SHUTTLE AND ADVANCED SHUTTLE ERA 51
SOCIETY NEWS 57,71
D. P. WILLIAMS S. R. SADIN TECHNOLOGY --- THE PATH TO THE NEXT 50 YEARS 58
BOOK REVIEWS 64,80
G. PETERS A. LEMARCHAND EUROPEAN SPACE TRANSPORTATION APPROACHES 65
A. BOURGINE J. DORDAIN REVIEW OF ACOUSTIC STUDIES CARRIED OUT AT ONERA IN THE FIELD OF SPACE VEHICLES 72
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 34 No.3 MARCH 1981
R. W. STIMETS E. SHELDON THE CELESTIAL VIEW FROM A RELATIVISTIC STARSHIP 83
K. BAHADUR P. K. VARMA HISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF LIPID-LIKE MATERIAL IN PHOTOCHEMICALLY FORMED JEEWANU, THE PROTOCELL, WITH FORMALDEHYDE PARTIALLY

REPLACED BY OTHER ORGANIC SOURCES

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U. R. RAO EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND INTELLIGENCE ON EARTH 103
S. J. COFFEY HOMINID EVOLUTION AND SETI 107
H. O. RUPPE COMMENTS ON "INTERSTELLAR PROPULSION USING A PELLET STREAM FOR MOMENTUM TRANSFER" BY C. E. SINGER OBIS, 33, 107-115,

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C. E SINGER QUESTIONS CONCERNING PELLET-STREAM PROPULSION 117
P. M. MOLTON EXOBIOLOGICAL NOTEBOOK
IMAGE PROCESSING SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITORS: DR. R. HOLDAWAY and A. WILSON VOLUME 34 No. 4 APRIL 1981
J. RENES D. BEINTEMA THE USE OF B-SPLINE APPROXIMATION AND AN ARRAY PROCESSOR IN THE IRAS GROUND OPERATIONS AND PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS FACILITY 123
BOOK REVIEWS 128, 134
N. MULDER THREE ELEMENTARY TOOLS IN THE PROCESSING OF REMOTE SENSING DATA - A UNIFYING APPROACH 129
M. RANIERI et al CODED APERTURE TELESCOPES FOR HARD X-RAY ASTRONOMY 135
J. J. LORRE R. B. POMPHREY MULTISPECTRAL ENHANCEMENTS FOR ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES 139
A. C. DAVENHALL et al AN ASTRONOMICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WRITTEN IN FORTH 145
D. J. TELFER SMALL SYSTEMS PROCESSING OF PLANETARY IMAGERY 252
D. J. STANLEY P. S. REDSTONE HIGH THROUGHPUT IMAGE PREPROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR EARTH RESOURCES IMAGERY 155
A. BURATTI CAPABILITIES OF IDR-AUGMENTED ARIANE 162
MEETING REPORT 166
SPACE CHRONICLE EDITOR: A WILSON VOLUME 34 No.5 MAY 1981
V. A. CALOURI and D. R. SAXTON ORBITAL TRANSFER VEHICLE - AN OVERVIEW 171
J. POWELL THE SPACE TEST PROGRAM 175
E. I. ROBSON THE PRIMORDIAL FIREBALL 181
A. J. DRIVER G. E. PERRY FURTHER SALYUT 6 MANOEUVRES 185
D. J. SHAYLER IN THE PAST 187
P. J. BOSTON LOW-PRESSURE GREENHOUSES AND PLANTS FOR A MANNED RESEARCH STATION ON MARS 189
A. WILSON THE SCOUT LAUNCHER 193
SIR WILLIAM CONGREVE 195
N. L. JOHNSON AN ALGORITHM FOR CLASSIFYING SOVIET PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES 197
D. E. KOELLE THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAUNCH VEHICLES 201
G. VULPETTI ON THE PHYSICAL MEANING OF MODERN PROPULSION 205
P. S. CLARK SOVIET LAUNCH VEHICLE DESIGNATIONS 211
NEW SPACE BOOKS 213
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 34 No.6 JUNE 1981
M. G. de SAN THE ULTIMATE DESTINY OF AN INTELLIGENT SPECIES - EVERLASTING NOMADIC LIFE IN THE GALAXY 219
M. W. SAUNDERS STAR DISTANCE DIAGRAMS 239
W. STUIVER D. SOUTHWOOD and F ENOMOTO ON THE COMPOSITION AND DEPLOYMENT OF A SPACE-BASED INTERSTELLAR SEARCH SYSTEM 247
S. RANGANAYAKI B. BAHADUR and S. KUMAR PHOTOCHEMICAL FIXATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE BY JEEWANU, THE PROTOCELL 251
H. LEMKE INSTANTANEOUS COMMUNICATION OVER COSMIC DISTANCES 255
SPACE CHRONICLE EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 34 No.7 JULY 1981
W. I. McLAUGHLIN THE NATURAL HISTORY OF HALLEY'S COMET 267
A L. JOHNSON ESTIMATED OPERATIONAL LIFETIMES OF SEVERAL SOVIET SATELLITE CLASSES 280
D.J. SHAYLER IN THE PAST 284
T. R. MEYER EXTRACTION OF MARTIAN RESOURCES FOR A MANNED RESEARCH STATION 285
NEW SPACE BOOKS 288, 293
J. P. BAGBY NATURAL EARTH SATELLITES 289
D. STOTT M. HEMPSELL THE EUROPEAN SPACE TUG: A REAPPRAISAL 294
A. WILSON AGENA - 1959 TO 1979 298
C. PEEBLES THE STRATOLAB PROGRAMME: MANNED BALLOONS TO THE EDGE OF SPACE 307
ASTRONAUTICS HISTORY EDITOR: M. R. SHARPE VOLUME 34 No. 8 AUGUST 1981
W. L. ZIGLAR THE APOLLO PACING ITEM: THE SITE SELECTION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS 315
C. R. KOPPES THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY AND THE BEGINNING OF AMERICAN EXPLORATION OF SPACE 324
B. SMITH YESTERDAY'S ROCKETEER: A MEMOIR OF EARLY DAYS IN THE AMERICAN ROCKET SOCIETY 332
S. E. DOYLE ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPACE LAW 337
W. SCHULTZ A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 350th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JOHANNES KEPLER 348
NEW SPACE BOOKS 351
H. BARTH OBERTH'S THOUGHTS ON AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPHERE OF EXISTENCE 352
M. R. SHARPE LOOKING BACK: A BEGINNING IN INTERNATIONAL MANNED SPACE FLIGHT 355
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES VOLUME 34 No. 9 SEPTEMBER 1981
A. G. SMITH CONSTRAINTS LIMITING THE RATE OF HUMAN EXPANSION INTO THE GALAXY 363
B. ZUCKERMAN SPACE TELESCOPES, INTERSTELLAR PROBES AND DIRECTED PANSPERMIA 367
G. L. MATLOFF E. MALLOVE SOLAR SAIL STARSHIPS: THE CLIPPER SHIPS OF THE GALAXY 371
T. J. GRANT IN-FLIGHT MAINTENANCE: PART 1 THE POLICY CHOICE 381
I. R. RICHARDS A CLOSED ECOSYSTEM FOR SPACE COLONIES 392
W. F. HILTON THE SETI ELLIPSOID 400
L J. GOOD THINKING ABOUT THINKING: OR WHY AUTHORS SHOULD SEE PAGE PROOFS 402
E. J. COFFEY A MATTER OF METHODOLOGY: REPLY TO GOOD 404
R. A. FRIETAS, JR. REPORT ON THE NASA/ASEE 1980 SUMMER STUDY ON ADVANCED AUTOMATION FOR SPACE MISSIONS 407
SPACE CHRONICLE EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 34 No. 10 OCTOBER 1981
R. C. PARKINSON A MANNED MARS MISSION FOR 1995 411
D. J. SHAYLER IN THE PAST 424
M. WADE WORLD MANNED SPACECRAFT CHARACTERISTICS 425
E. T. PATERSON SPACE SETTLEMENTS - THE MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE 429
THE BRITISH AEROSPACE CONTRIBUTION TO ARIANE 434
P. S. CLARK THE SAPWOOD LAUNCH VEHICLE 437
E. QUISTGAARD PROPOSALS FOR ESA ACTIVITIES IN THE 1980's 444
NEW SPACE BOOKS 455
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES EDITOR: DR. A. R. MARTIN VOLUME 34 No.11 NOVEMBER 1981
U. R. RAO GEOMAGNETIC FIELD - ITS ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE AND INTELLIGENCE ON EARTH 459
J. R. MURPHY MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR MANNED INTERSTELLAR FLIGHT 466
C. VULPETTI RELATIVISTIC ASTRODYNAMICS: NON-RECTILINEAR TRAJECTORIES FOR STAR EXPLORATION FLIGHTS 477
DR D. G. STEPHENSON A CLASSIFICATION OF EXTRATERRESTRIAL CULTURES 486
BOOK REVIEW 490
T. B. TANG RECURRENT SUPERNOVAE AS TIME MARKERS IN INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATIONS 491
A. A. JACKSON R. KILLEN ACCRETION SHOCKS AS EVIDENCE OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS 494
SPACE REPORT 497
V. W. BOLIE COSMIC BACKGROUND RADIATION DRAG EFFECTS AT RELATIVISTIC SPEEDS 499
CORRESPONDENCE 502
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EDITOR: A. WILSON VOLUME 34 No. 12 DECEMBER 1981
H. L. JORDAN H. SAX AFTER SPACELAB AND ARIANE: POSSIBILITIES AND CHANCES FOR FUTURE SPACE ACTIVITIES 507
K. A. EHRICKE CONTRIBUTION OF SPACE REFLECTOR TECHNOLOGY TO FOOD PRODUCTION, LOCAL WEATHER MANIPULATION AND ENERGY SUPPLY 511
SPACE REPORT 526
B. GOERGENS A TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH TOWARDS FUTURE LARGE SOLAR ARRAYS 519
E. VALLERANI M. PASTA FROM HEAVY SATELLITES TO LARGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS: A CHALLENGING OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPEAN INDUSTRY 527
R. STAMMINGER J. A. STEIN THE PROSPECTS FOR DOMESTIC AND INTER NATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 1980-2000 534
F. W. SCHENKEL R. J. HEINS THE MAGSAT THREE AXIS ARC SECOND PRECISION ATTITUDE TRANSFER SYSTEM 539
NEW SPACE BOOKS 546