Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 9

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Volume 9 - 1950

Author Co-Authors Title Page
L. J. Carter Anglo-Australian Long Range Weapon Project 1
A.V. Cleaver The Calculation of Take-Off Mass 5
E.T.O. Slater Psychological Problems of Space-Flight 14
A. E. Slater The Balancing Mechanism of the Inner Ear. 18
H.E. Ross R.A. Smith Lunar Spacesuit 23
Review - Konstantin Eduardovich Ziolkovsky (Kosmodem'yanskii) 42
Review - Rocket Propulsion Elements (Sutton) 44
P.E. Cleator Matters of No Moment 49
K.W. Gatland The Research Scene IV 53
E. R. Nye The Possibility of Potentially Pathogenic Organisms Occurring on Another Planet 62
K.W. Gatland History of Rocket Development: Film Review 64
A. E. Dixon K.W. Gatland G. F. Forbes The Trajectory of a Powered Rocket in Space 75
Review - Rockets and Jets (Way and Green) 85
Review - Weltraumfahrt: Utopie? 85
Review - Our Sun (Menzel) 86
H.E. Ross Gone with the Efflux 93
W. N. Neat Review of the Society's Film Show 103
Walter H. Gillings Report of the Discussion on the Effects of Interplanetary Flight 105
H. F. Zumpe The Testing of Rocket Motors 108
L. Jnr. Spitzer Perturbations of a Satellite Orbit 131
Review - Thermodynamic Charts for Combustion Processes (Hotell, Williams and Satterfield) 151
G. von Pirquet Meteors and Space-Travel 153
K.W. Gatland A. E. Dixon A. M. Kunesch Initial Objectives in Astronautics 155
D. F. Lawden Minimal Trajectories 179
K.W. Gatland The Research Scene IV 187
Review - Kleine Raketenkunde (Kaiser) 206
Review - Raketen von Stern zu Stern (Gartmann) 207
Review - Weltraumflug (Schaub) 207
Review - Telescopic Observations of Mars (Webb) 208
Review - L'Astronautique (Laming) 209
Review - The Science of Flight (Sutton) 209
Review - Short-Wave Radio and the Ionosphere (Bennington) 211
VOL. 9, No. 5 SEP, 1950
A. C. Clarke Space-Travel in Fact and Fiction 213
D. F. Lawden Note on a Paper by G. F. Forbes 231
S. Herrick Space Rocket Trajectories 235
A.V. Cleaver A Review of "Destination Moon" 241
Review - Interplanetary Flight: An Introduction to Astronautics (Clarke) 253
VOL. 9, No. 6 NOV, 1950
A. C. Clarke Electromagnetic Launching as a Major Contribution to Space-Flight 261
D. J. Cashmore Why Space Travel Interests Me 268
Mrs. M. E. Patchett What the B.I.S. should do to hasten the Conquest of Space 271
V.B. Gerard Why Interplanetary Travel Interests Me 273
H. Oberth Three Equations for Rapid Calculation of Rocket Motor Thrust 275
G. Nebbia Performance Calculations of Some Fuels for Rocket Motors 286
Review - L'Astronautique (Ananoff) 297
Review - The Planet Mars (de Vaucouleurs) 298
A.V. Cleaver Report on First International Astronautical Congress Paris 1950 315