Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 40

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Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 40

Volume 40 - 1987

Author	Co-Authors	Title	Page
SPACE STATIONS		EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES	VOLUME 40 NO. 1 JANUARY 1987
D. C. FEARN	N. C. WALLACE	ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS	3
M. J. LEGGETT		THE SPACE STATION IN CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURING	11
C. M. HEMPSELL		EXTENDING THE SPACE STATION INFRASTRUCTURE	19
S. R. DAUNCEY		INTERNATIONAL USE OF SPACE STATION FACILITIES	27
D. C. FERNS	D. W. LYTTON AND M. DILLON	PAYLOAD OPERATIONS ON THE COLUMBUS POLAR PLATFORM	33
D. E. MULLINGER		TOWARDS A USER-FRIENDLY SPACE STATION	39
M.J. F. FOWLER		SPACE STATION APPLICATIONS: AN ASSESSMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN BIOTECHNOLOGY	43
PIONEERING SPACE		EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES	VOLUME 40 NO. 2 FEBRUARY 1987
B. GIRE	J. SCHIBLER	THE FRENCH NATIONAL SPACE PROGRAMME 1950-1975	51
J. R. HANSEN		TRANSITION TO SPACE: A HISTORY OF 'SPACEPLANE` CONCEPTS AT LANGLEY AERONAUTICAL LABORATORY 1952-1957	67
R. WHEELER	P. SNOWDON	AMERICAN WOMEN IN SPACE	81
C. PEEBLES		SETTING OUT FOR SPACE	89
L. J. CARTER		THE VALIER EXPERIMENTS	91
J. W. POWELL		NAVAHO, THE "KNOW-HOW" MISSILE	93
		CORRESPONDENCE	96
SPACE CHRONICLE		EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES	VOLUME 40 NO. 3 MARCH 1987
A. R. HARRISON		PIXEL-BASED RECLASSIFICATION OF CLASSIFIED IMAGES AT DIFFERENT SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS	99
R. F. SCOTT		INSTRUMENT CHECKOUT FACILITIES AT THE MULLARD SPACE SCIENCE LABORATORY	103
P. R. HARRIS		INNOVATIONS IN SPACE MANAGEMENT	109
M. H. HARRISON		SPACE STATION: OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES	117
A. A. H. DRINKENBURG		CONVECTION UNDER MICROGRAVITY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON MASS TRANSFER	125
D. F. BENDER		THE LUNAR CAPTURE PHASE OF THE TRANSFER OF ASTEROIDAL MATERIAL TO EARTH ORBIT BY MEANS OF GRAVITY ASSIST TRAJECTORIES	129
K. HECKS		MECHANICAL DESIGN OF THE EUROSTAR PLATFORM	133
T. T. GARNER		CONCEPTS OF ELECTRICAL GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT	140
SPACE SCIENCE		EDITOR: DR. J. K. DAVIES ASSISTANT EDITOR: DR. G. ALFREY	VOLUME 40 NO. 4 APRIL 1987
A. P. WILLMORE		THIRTY YEARS OF SPACE RESEARCH	147
G. M. SIMNETT		SPACECRAFT STUDIES OF THE SUN AND THE HELIOSPHERE	149
C.J. EYLES ET AL		THE SPACE LAB 2 CODED MASK X-RAY TELESCOPE	159
P. K. S. HARPER ET AL		THE FLIGHT OF THE SPACELAB X-RAY TELESCOPE	163
G. K. SKINNER	T. J. PONMAN	CODED MASK TELESCOPES FOR X-RAY ASTRONOMY	169
C. V. GOODALL	J. K. DAVIES	DESIGN AND TESTING OF THE ROSAT WIDE FIELD CAMERA	173
D. K. BEDFORD	G. M. SIMNETT	MARTHE: A NEW APPROACH TO X-RAY IMAGING TELESCOPES	181
J. C. M. PEDEN		HIGH ENERGY DATA ANALYS!S AT BIRMINGHAM	185
J. R. H HERRING		SIMULATING X-RAYS IN SPACE; THE LONG VACUUM X-RAY FACILITY AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY	189
K. H. ELLIOT	C. J. EYLES	THE UNIVERSITY TELESCOPE AND OBSERVATORY	195
		BOOK REVIEWS	199
SOVIET ASTRONAUTICS		EDITOR: C. A. SIMPSON	VOLUME 40 NO. 5 MAY 1987
P.S. CLARK		SOVIET SPACE ACTIVITY 1985-1986	203
D. ANDERMAN		SOVIET TYPE E BOOSTER - AS SKEPTICAL VIEW	223
J. PARFITT	A. BOND	THE SOVIET MANNED LUNAR LANDING PROGRAMME	231
P.S. CLARK		TOPICE CONNECTED WITH THE SOVIET MANNED LUNAR LANDING PROGRAMME	235
SPACE TECHNOLOGY EUROPEAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTRE		EDITOR: R. A. FLOOD	VOLUME 40 NO. 6 JUNE 1987
D. E. B. WILKINS		EUROPEAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTRE	243
R. A. FLOOD		THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM	257
M. I. BARRETT		THE ESTRACK NETWORK	259
M. TABBERT		COMPUTING FACILITIES AT ESOC	267
W. FLURY		MISSION ANALYSIS	271
C. MAZZA		DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AT ESOC	277
R. E. MUNCH		ESOC FLIGHT DYNAMICS ACTIVITIES	283
PIONEERING SPACE		EDITOR: E. J. BECKLAKE	VOLUME 40 NO.7 JULY 1987
E. J. BECKLAKE	P.J. TURVEY	CONGREVE AT THE ROTUNDA	291
P.J. TURVEY		SOME UNUSUAL CONGREVE ROCKETS	299
M. BALL	P.J. TURVEY	AMERICAN INTERPLANETARY SOCIETY'S NO. 2 ROCKET: IT'S ORIGINS, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND LAUNCH	301
		DR. ROBERT H GODDARD'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL LIQUID-FUELLED ROCKET AS LAUNCHED AT AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS ON MARCH 16, 1926	305
S. GORDON		IMI SUMMERFIELD ROCKET MOTORS AND PROPELLANTS HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT	311
INTERSTELLAR STUDIES		EDITOR: A.R. MARTIN	VOLUME 40 No.8 AUGUST 1987
M.A. MINOVITCH		A GENERALISED THEORY OF CLASSICAL ROCKET PROPULSION FOR FUTURE SPACE TRAVEL	341
Z. PAPTRONY	J. LEHMANN. J. PRYTZ	INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL AND COMMUNICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY – 1986 UPDATE	353
B.A. LEBON		SPACE TRANSPORTATION THROUGH MAGNETIC SHEPHERDING OF A GRAZING EARTH RING: AN ECOLOGICAL HEART-SHAPED EARTH RING BY 2010?	365
J.T. EARLY		SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH ENERGY TRANSFER AND FORCE BEAMS	371
J.W. DEARDORFF		EXAMINATION OF THE EMBARGO HYPOTHESIS AS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE GREAT SILENCE	373
		CORRESPONDENCE	380
PIONEERING SPACE		EDITOR: PROFESSOR G. V. GROVES	VOLUME 40 NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 1987
F. I. ORDWAY		PIONEERING COMMERCIAL ROCKETRY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THIOKOL'S REACTION MOTORS DIVISION, 1958-1972, PART 3: RMD OPERATIONAL HISTORY	389
F. H. WINTER		PIONEERING COMMERCIAL ROCKETRY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: THIOKOL'S REACTION MOTORS DIVISION, 1958-1972, PART 4: RMD PROJECT HISTORY	405
J. W. POWELL	G. R. RICHARDS	THE ORBITING VEHICLE SERIES OF SATELLITES	417
J. T. GARNER	M. JONES	ETOL AND ESA COMMUNICATION SATELLITE PROGRAMMES	427
MISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS		EDITOR: DR. W.I. MCLAUGHLIN	VOL 40. NO. 10 OCTOBER 1987
H. CANNON		SYMBOLIC PROCESSING	437
H. LUM	L. HOLCOMB	AUTONOMOUS INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS	443
B. KATZ	R. BROOKS	UNDERSTANDING NATURAL LANGUAGE FOR SPACECRAFT SEQUENCING	451
D.E. FINNERTY	P. DOMS AND J. MARTIN	ASSET: AN APPLICATION IN MISSION AUTOMATION FOR SCIENCE PLANNING	461
J. ERICKSON		INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS FOR AN EVOLUTIONARY SPACE STATION	471
B. WILCOX	D. GENNERY	A MARS ROVER FOR THE 1990S	483
MISSION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS		EDITOR: G. V. GROVES	VOLUME 40 NO.11 NOVEMBER 1987
D. E. B. WILKINS		COMMUNICATIONS AND MANNED SPACEFLIGHT -THE VITAL LINK	493
J. PLEVIN	D. LYNN	EARTH OBSERVATION FROM THE SPACE STATION	505
J. W. POWELL		THE SPACE TEST PROGRAMME — AN UPDATE	513
B.B. BURKHALTER	G.S. JAMES	ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF SPACE EDUCATION THROUGH PROGRAMME EVALUATION	519
P. S. CLARK		SOVIET LAUNCH VEHICLE FAILURES	527
SPACE TECHNOLOGY		EDITOR; G. V. GROVES	VOLUME 40 NO.12 DECEMBER 1987
E. LANTZ		A HIGH ENERGY LAUNCHER FOR TRANS ATMOSPHERIC VEHICLES	533
J.R. FRENCH	J. WRIGHT	SOLAR SAIL MISSIONS TO MERCURY	543
M.J. FOGG		THE TERRAFORMING OF VENUS	551