The American Rocket Society began life on April 4, 1930, under the name American Interplanetary Society. It was founded by G. Edward Pendray, David Lasser, Laurence Manning and others. Its name was changed to American Rocket Society on April 6, 1934. The end came in early 1963 when it was absorbed into the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
The American Rocket Society did pioneering work in the 1930s testing the design requirements of liquid-fuelled rockets, with a number of successful test launches occurring in this period pointing the way to the United States space program.
The American Interplanetary Society, later the AmericanRocketSociety (ARS), was founded in New York City in April 1930 by David Lasser, G. Edward Pendray, Fletcher Pratt, and nine others, for the "promotion of interest in and experimentation toward interplanetary expeditions and travel.".
The American Interplanetary Society, later the AmericanRocketSociety (ARS), founded in New York City by David Lasser, G. Edward Pendray, Fletcher Pratt, and nine others, for the "promotion of interst in and experimentation toward interplanetary expeditions and travel." References: 17.
Pierce of the AmericanRocketSociety launched a liquid propellant rocket to 80-m altitude at Old Ferris Point, N.Y. References: 17.
Laurence Manning (January 1, 1899 - 1972) was a Canadian science fiction author who wrote "The Voyage of the Asteroid", which appeared in the Summer 1932 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly, and the novel The Man Who Awoke (1933).
He was also a founding member of the AmericanRocketSociety, serving as both president and editor.
He gave up his successful writing career at the end of 1935, never to return to it apart from two short stories published in the mid-1950s.
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