Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 42

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Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 42

Volume 42 - 1989

Author	Co-Authors	Title	Page
ON-BOARD DATA MANAGEMENT		EDITOR: C.R. TURNER	VOL. 42 NO.1 JANUARY 1989
C. R. TURNER		SYMPOSIUM ON TECHNOLOGY AND STANDARDISATION FOR ON-BOARD DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS	3
M. PERINCIOLO		THE THE SAX SATELLITE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE	7
M. NILSSON	M. ODBRATT	PACKET TELECOMMAND SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTATION	13
X. LABORDE	A. BLANC AND D. PERARNAUD	ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COLUMBUS AND HERMES ON-BOARD DATA SYSTEMS	21
R.P. MATHUR		FAULT TOLERANT DATA NETWORK FOR US IN SPACE	27
E. MAGNUSSON		TELEMETRY AND TELECOMMAND REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES	35
K. RAGHUNATHAN		TELEMETRY AND TELECOMMAND DATA PROCESSING REQUIREMENTS FOR SYNCHRONOUS ORBIT COMMUNICATION SATELLITES	39
G. OPPENHAEUSER		ADVANCED COMMUNICATION PAYLOADS AND OPERATIONAL CONCEPTS FOR PSDE SATELLITES	43
MANNED SPACE CAPSULES		EDITOR: C. M. HEMPSELL	VOL. 42 NO. 2 FEBRUARY 1989
C.M. HEMPSELL		MULTI-ROLE CAPSULE – AN INTRODUCTION	51
C. M. HEMPSELL		RATIONALE AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MULTI-ROLE CAPSULE	58
C.M. HEMPSELL	R.J. HANNIGAN	MULTI-ROLE CAPSULE SYSTEM DESCRIPTION	67
		APPENDIX: MRC MASS BREAKDOWN	79
R. J. HANNIGAN		MULTI-ROLE CAPSULE OPERATIONS	82
I. WALTERS	C.M. HEMPSELL	THE RE-ENTRY ENVIRONMENT OF THE MULTI-ROLE CAPSULE	88
C.M. HEMPSELL	R.C. PARKINSON	MULTI-ROLE CAPSULE: PROGRAMME AND COSTS	92
ROCKET TECHNOLOGY		EDITOR: PROF. I. E. SMITH	VOL.42 NO. 3 MARCH 1989
G.R. RICHARDS	J.W. POWELL	THE CENTAUR VEHICLE	99
H. BASSNER	H P. BERG, W. BIRNER, C. BARTOLL & A. TRIPPI	STATUS OF THE RITA-EXPERIMENT ON EURECA	121
D. LAURINI	H. VON RONDEN, C. BARTOLI & W. BERRY	FIELD MISSION ELECTRIC PROPULSION (FEEP): STEADY & PULSED MODES OF OPERATION	127
H. JOYCE		A PRACTICABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC LUNAR PAYLOAD LAUNCHING SYSTEM	137
EXPLORATION OF MARS		EDITOR: C. P. MCKAY	VOL. 42 NO. 4 APRIL 1989
T.R. MEYER	C.P. MCKAY	THE RESOURCES OF MARS FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENT	147
B.C. CLARK		SURVIVAL AND PROSPERITY USING REGOLITH RESOURCES ON MARS	161
J.R. FRENCH		ROCKET PROPELLANTS FROM MARTIAN RESOURCES	167
H.W. HASLACH, JR.		WIND ENERGY: A RESOURCE FOR A HUMAN MISSION TO MARS	171
MARCOL IN SPACE - CONTROLLING THE FINAL FRONTIER		EDITOR: CARL NICHOLSON	VOL. 42 NO.5 MAY 1989
C. HAYWARD	S. MARA	SPACE AND COMMUNICATIONS - A MARRIAGE MADE IN THE HEAVENS?	187
A.G. HAIRE	P.G. STARKEY	THE ERS-1 MISSION MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL CENTRE (MMCC)	195
B. DAVIES	T. BAUD	ERSATZ: A SIMULATION OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE	205
P. C. JAMES	S. MASLIN	THE CORE COMMAND SYSTEM AT THE GERMAN SPACE OPERATIONS CENTRE	213
H. KELLIHER	P.J. BOSTOCK	THE COLUMBUS PROGRAMME: TAKING THE USER INTO THE THIRD MILLENIUM	221
C. PEAT	W. SALTER	THE MANNED SPACE LABORATORIES CONTROL CENTRE (MSCC)	231
B. KEEPENCE		SPACE ROBOTICS: INTRA-VEHICULAR OPERATIONS	239
A.E. HEMSLEY BLAKEY	J.C. LEWIS	THE HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE	247
10 YEARS OF INMARSAT - THE WORLD OF MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS		EDITOR: R.T. GALLAGHER	VOL. 42 NO.6 JUNE 1989
O. LUNDBERG		MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS: AN OVERVIEW	257
J. WILLIAMSON		THE LINKS IN THE CHAIN	267
S. COLLINS		SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS IN ACTION	277
P. BERLIN		A NEW SATELLITE FOR SHIPPING	283
J. DAVIDSON		THE ART OF PINPOINTING: THE ROLE OF SATELLITES, AND INMARSAT IN NAVIGATION	285
B. GALLAGHER		COSPAS-SARSAT A BEACON FOR THOSE IN DISTRESS	291
E. STAFFA		THE INMARSAT MOBILE SATELLITE SYSTEM — AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE	297
SPACE ASTRONOMY		EDITOR: L.J. CARTER	VOL. 42 NO.7 JULY 1989
RODGER I. THOMPSON		NICMOS: THE NEAR INFRARED CAMERA AND MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROMETER FOR THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE	305
JAMES TERRELL		THE VELA 5B SPACECRAFT: LONG-TERM X-RAY ASTRONOMY	309
J.A.M. MCDONNELL ET AL		IN-SITU STUDIES OF COSMIC DUST AND PRIMORDIAL BODIES: THE PLAN AHEAD	315
L. BALIS-CREMA ET AL		MISSION ANALYSIS AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS FOR GRASP	323
CONLEY POWELL		A MATHEMATICAL SEARCH FOR PLANET X	327
D.E.B. WILKINS		GIOTTO AN EXTENDED MISSION	334
A. T. LAWTON	P. WRIGHT	A PLANETARY SYSTEM FOR GAMMA CEPHEI?	335
T. GANGALE		MARTIAN DAYLIGHT TIME	337
T. GANGALE		ACTIVITY IN THE COMA OF HALLEY'S COMET	340
A.T. LAWTON		HALLEY'S COMET AND THE NUREMBURG CHRONICLE	341
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE BIOMEDICINE		EDITOR: P.A. HANSSON	VOL. 42 NO.8 AUGUST 1989
D. GRUNDY	T. SCRATCHERD	SPACE: A TESTBED FOR BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES	349
HANSSON		BIOPHYSICS IN SPACE	352
T. SCRATCHERD	D. GRUNDY	PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS FOR MAN IN SPACE	357
C.C. HARLING		EXPOSURE TO ACCELERATION DURING MANNED SPACEFLIGHT	360
I.W. HENDERSON		WATER AND SALT DISTURBANCES UNDER CONDITIONS OF MICROGRAVITY	363
A. ANGEL		THE EFFECTS OF SPACE TRAVEL ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM	367
T. SCRATCHERD	D. GRUNDY	CALCIUM METABOLISM AND THE OSTEOPENIA OF SPACE FLIGHT	371
D. GRUNDY	T. SCRATCHERD	FOOD FOR THOUGHT - NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS IN SPACE	374
R.J. LEVIN		EFFECTS OF SPACE TRAVEL ON SEXUALITY AND THE HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM	378
J.R. MURPHY		NON-IONISING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS ON MANNED SPACECRAFT	383
D.C. BARBER	B.H. BROWN	APPLIED POTENTIAL TOMOGRAPHY	391
THE ORIGIN OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE		EDITOR: DR. S. SANTOLI	VOL. 42 NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 1989
C. PONNAMPERUMA		EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN THE ORIGIN OF LIFE	397
M. D. PAPAGIANNIS		THE RETENTION BY PLANETS OF LIQUID WATER OVER COSMIC PERIODS: A CRITICAL FACTOR FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED CIVILISATIONS	401
PETER BRIMELECOMBE		THE COMPOSITION OF THE ARCHEAN OCEAN AND THE CONSTRAINTS ON THE ORIGIN OF LIFE	407
S. SANTOLI		LIFE AND SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT: A SYNOPSIS OF STANDARD CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH PROBLEMS	406
S. SANTOLI		CHART 1 MAN AND MOLECULES: SURVEYING A CRUCIAL RELATIONSHIP	406
S. SANTOLI		Chart 2 Modern Strategies in Studying the Origins and Evolution of Life: The 'Transverse' Approach	430
S. SANTOLI		Chart 3 Revisiting the Notion of Information	436
F. RAULIN	C. FRERE	GAS PHASE ORGANIC SYNTHESIS IN PLANETARY ENVIRONMENTS: THE CASE OF TITAN	411
P. M. MOLTON		AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE	423
M.D. NUSSINOV	S.V. LYSENKO	FRONTIERS OF THE EARTH'S BIOSPHERE AND EXTRATERRESTRIALIZATION	431
EJ. COFFEY		THE ROLE OF CHANCE IN THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS	437
SMALL MISSION SYSTEMS		EDITOR: DR. W.I. MCLAUGHLIN	VOL. 42 NO. 10 OCTOBER 1989
W.I. MCLAUGHLIN		EPSILON TECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGY IN SPACE ENGINEERING	444
		AUTHORS' BIOGRAPHIES	445
ROSS M. JONES		MICROSPACECRAFT MISSIONS AND SYSTEMS	448
MARK G. SARGENT		CHEMICAL LAUNCH SYSTEM OPTIONS FOR MICROSPACECRAFT	455
M.A. RAVINE	T.A. SOULANILLE	CAMERAS FOR MICROSPACECRAFT	460
DAVID N. BERATAN	JOSE NELSON ONUCHIC AND J.J. HOPFIELD	INFORMATION STORAGE AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL: THE DESIGN OF A MOLECULAR SHIFT REGISTER MEMORY	468
S.B. WALTMAN	W.J. KAISER	ELECTRON TUNNEL SENSOR TECHNOLOGY	474
RODNEY A. BROOKS	ANITA M. FLYNN	FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL: A ROBOT INVASION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM	478
R.P. SALAZAR	K.T. NOCK	LUNAR GET-AWAY-SPECIAL: EXPLORING THE MOON WITH A MINIATURE, ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED SPACECRAFT	486
W.A. MAHONEY		GAMMA-RAY BURST LOCALISATION WITH MICROSPACECRAFT	491
NEW SPACE CONCEPTS		EDITOR: L. J. CARTER	VOL. 42 NO. 11 NOVEMBER 1989
DR. E.L. KERR		A NEAR-EARTH OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL AND AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY WITH COREVOLVING PLANETARY SUNSHIELDS	497
P. BIRCH		DYNAMIC COMPRESSION MEMBERS	501
N. SHERMAN		BIS TELESCOPE	509
J. STROBL		THE HOLLOW BODY SOLAR SAIL	515
C.M. HEMPSELL		AN EXPANDED SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE	521
DR. R.L. FORWARD		SPACE WARPS: A REVIEW OF ONE FORM OF PROPULSIONLESS TRANSPORT	533
TERRAFORMING		EDITOR: M.J. FOGG	VOL. 42 NO. 12 DECEMBER 1989
BENJAMIN ADELMAN	SAUL J. ADELMAN	SOME RESEARCH REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANETARY ENGINEERING	555
MARTIN HEATH		EARTH - A PROBLEM IN PLANETARY MANAGEMENT	559
JAMES T. EARLY		SPACE-BASED SOLAR SHIELD TO OFFSET GREENHOUSE EFFECT	567
ALEXANDER G. SMITH		TRANSFORMING VENUS BY INDUCED OVERTURN	571
MARTYN J. FOGG		THE CREATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL DENSE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE: A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO THE TERRAFORMING OF MARS	577
JAMES E. LOVELOCK		THE ECOPOIESIS OF DAISY WORLD	583
MARTYN J. FOGG		STELLIFYING JUPITER: A FIRST STEP TO TERRAFORMING THE GALILEAN SATELLITES	587