Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 50

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Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 50

Volume 50 - 1997

Author Co-Authors Title Page
SOVIET/CIS ASTRONAUTICS EDITOR: R. HALL VOL. 50 No. 1 JANUARY 1997
B. VIS BURAN COSMONAUT FLIGHT ASSIGNMENTS 3
D. SHAYLER WHERE BLUE SKIES TURN BLACK 8
P. CLARK RECOVERABLE SATELLITES FLOWN AT 81.3 DEG - 82.6 DEG. ORBITAL INCLINATION 13
A. SIDDIQI CANCELLED MISSIONS IN THE VOSKHOD PROGRAM 25
B. HENDRICKX THE KAMANIN DIARIES 1960 - 1963 33
ECONOMICS OF SPACE COMMERCIALIZATION EDITOR: J. G. PEARSALL VOL. 50 No. 2 FEBRUARY 1997
C. D. O'DALE ESTABLISHING AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE 43
J. S. LEWIS RESOURCES OF THE ASTEROIDS 51
D. M. ASHFORD A DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR SPACE TOURISM 59
J. G. PEARSALL SPACE HOTELS 67
TERRAFORMING Part VI EDITOR: M. J. FOGG VOL.50 No. 3 MARCH 1997
R. M. ZUBRIN C. P. MCKAY TECHNOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TERRAFORMING MARS 83
M. N. MAUTNER DIRECTED PANSPERMIA.3. STRATEGIES AND MOTIVATION FOR SEEDING STAR-FORMING CLOUDS 93
R. B. CATHCART SEEING IS RELIEVING: PLANETOGRAPHIC DATA DISPLAY ON A SPHERICAL TV 103
H. BENAROYA AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE ON TERRAFORMING 105
J. HISCOX OZONE AND PLANETARY HABITABILITY 109
CORRESPONDENCE 115
PLANETARY ENGINEERING BIBLIOGRAPHY 117
BOOK REVIEW 120
PROPULSION (Part I) EDITOR: L. J. CARTER. VOL. 50 No. 4 APRIL 1997
D.I. WADE SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLE PAYLOAD ENHANCEMENT USING AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY 123
R.J. HALYARD COMPARISON OF PROPOSED INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION PROPULSION SYSTEMS FOR INTERSTELLAR MISSIONS 129
M.A. MINOVITCH A PROPULSION METHOD FOR ACHIEVING COMMERCIAL SPACE TRAVEL (Part I) 137
G.A. LANDIS SMALL LASER-PUSHED LIGHTSAIL INTERSTELLAR PROBE: A STUDY OE PARAMETER VARIATIONS 149
G.A. LANDIS "MAGNETIC WORMHOLES" AND THE LEVI-CIVITA SOLUTION TO THE EINSTEIN EQUATION 155
CORRESPONDENCE 158
H.B. TILTON SUPERRESONANCE AND INTERPLANETARY COMMUNICATIONS 159
PIONEERING ROCKETRY and SPACEFLIGHT (Part VII) EDITOR: F. I. ORDWAY III and F. H. Winter VOL. 50 No. 5 MAY 1997
R.F. HOUCHIN AIR FORCE-OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RIVALRY: THE PRESSURE OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS ON THE DYNA-SOAR (X-20) PROGRAM, 1957-1963 163
F. H. Winter S. WIRZ SATURN V REBORN - A GIANT RESTORATION 169
H. BARTH PEENEMÜNDE: A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT 173
D. RUBASHKIN WHO KILLED THE GRAND TOUR? A CASE STUDY IN THE POLITICS OF FUNDING EXPENSIVE SPACE SCIENCE 177
Z. YILIN DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE SATELLITES UNDER PROF. TSIEN 185
G.R. RICHARDS J.W. POWELL WASTE NOT - THE USE OF EX-RAF THOR VEHICLES 189
COLD WAR MILITARY SPACE HISTORY: Programmes EDITOR: DWAYNE A. DAY VOL.50 No. 6 JUNE 1997
D. A. DAY THE STATE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH ON MILITARY SPACE 203
D. N. SPIRES R. W. STURDEVANT FROM ADVENT TO MILSTAR: THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS 207
N. W. WATKINS THE MIDAS PROJECT: PART 1 STRATEGIC AND TECHNICAL ORIGINS AND POLITICAL EVOLUTION 1955 -1963 215
A. A. SIDDIQI THE SOVIET CO-ORBITAL ANTI-SATELLITE SYSTEM: A SYNOPSIS 225
EXOBIOLOGY (Part VI) EDITOR: DR S. SANTOLI VOL.50 No. 7 JULY 1997
P. G. STANLEY PROSPECTS FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE 243
D. E. TARTER IS REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DISTANT CIVILISATIONS IN SPACE POSSIBLE? A CALL FOR RESEARCH 249
R. H. D. CORSET SETI AT X-RAY ENERGIES — PARASITIC SEARCHES FROM ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS 253
P. SCHENKEL LEGAL FRAMEWORKS FOR TWO CONTACT SCENARIOS 258
Y. MINAMI SPACEFARING TO THE FARTHEST SHORES — THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY OF A SPACE DRIVE PROPULSION SYSTEM 263
C. MACCONE M. PIANTA MAGNIFYING THE NEARBY STELLAR SYSTEMS BY "FOCAL" SPACE MISSIONS TO 550 AU - Part One 277
SOVIET/CIS ASTRONAUTICS (Part 12) EDITOR: R. HALL VOL. 50 No. 8 AUGUST 1997
A. L. SALMON SCIENCE ONBOARD THE MIR SPACE STATION 1986-94 283
J. L. GREEN RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: STATUS AND ISSUES 296
B. SANDERS AN UPDATED ANALYSIS OF THE THREE STAGE N-1 LUNAR LAUNCH VEHICLE 303
S. SHAMSUTDINOV THE SELECTION OF COSMONAUTS 311
L. R. CALDWELL TWELVE YEARS OF MIR SPACE STATION OPERATIONS 317
LUNAR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT (Part I) EDITOR: HAYM BENAROYA VOL. 50 NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 1997
H. BENAROYA ECONOMICALLY VIABLE LUNAR DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT 323
H.H. KOELLE THE DIFFERENCE OF A GOVERNMENT AND A COMMERCIALLY OPERATED LUNAR SPACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 325
S. MATSUMO N. ISOME, T. YOSHIDA, H. KANAMORI AND K. TAKAGI COMMERCIAL APPROACH TOWARD THE FUTURE LUNAR RESOURCE UTILISATION 333
S.D. ROSENBERG LUNAR RESOURCE UTILISATION 337
H.H. KOELLE R. LO PRODUCTION OF LUNAR PROPELLANTS (LUNPROP) 353
ANITE SYSTEMS (Part V) EDITOR: SIMON MARA VOL. 50 No. 10 OCTOBER 1997
A. MORSE PRODUCTION OF A VESSEL TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM 363
W. SALTER P. DAU EUROMIR 95 GROUND SEGMENT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION 367
N. E. POMFRET THE ALGAL BLOOMS MONITORING SYSTEM 371
D. McMAHON DR. J. KEHR & J. FEIN THE COLUMBUS ORBITAL FACILITY - CONTROL CENTER (COF-CC), AN ARCHITECTURE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 374
J. PELL M. WIKLER TIMON IN SPACE 383
C. HARTLEY ARGENTINE GROUND STATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 388
M. GÖTZELMANN MODELLING OF GROUND STATIONS FOR CONFIGURABLE MONITORING AND CONTROL 393
R. CORKHILL ENVISAT FLIGHT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTRE (FOCC) 399
COLD WAR MILITARY SPACE HISTORY: Programmes (Part II) EDITOR: DWAYNE A. DAY VOL.50 No. 11 NOVEMBER 1997
R. QUALKINBUSH TRANSIT: THE US NAVY PIONEERS SATELLITE NAVIGATION 403
J. McDOWELL NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY SATELLITES 60-89 427
J. POWELL THE NOTS AIR-LAUNCHED SATELLITES PROGRAMME 433
P. GORIN ZENIT — THE FIRST SOVIET PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE 441
PROPULSION (Part II) EDITOR: J.A. PARFITT VOL. 50 No. 12 DECEMBER 1997
M. MINOVITCH SPACE TRAVEL BY TRAVELLING MAGNETIC FIELDS (Part H) 451
R. McNUTT A SOLE/AD ASTRA: FROM THE SUN TO THE STARS 463
B. CASSENTI OPTIMISATION OF INTERSTELLAR SOLAR SAIL VELOCITIES 475
J.C. COCKS S.A. WATKINS, F.H. COCKS and C. SUSSINGHAM APPLICATIONS FOR DEPLOYED HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING COILS IN SPACECRAFT ENGINEERING: A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS 479