The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) founded in 1933 by Mr. P.E. Cleator, it is the oldest organisation in the world whose aim is exclusively to support and promote astronautics and space exploration. It is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in London and is financed by members' contributions. BIS publishes the academic journal Journal of the British Interplanetary Society and the magazine Spaceflight. Image File history File links Bohemia Interactive Studio logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Astronautics is the branch of engineering that deals with machines designed to work outside of Earths atmosphere, whether manned or unmanned. ... Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS) is a technical scientific journal, first published in 1934. ...

The BIS was preceded by the American Interplanetary Society (founded 1930), the German VfR, and Soviet rocket research groups, but unlike these it never became absorbed into a national industry. The American Rocket Society began life on April 4, 1930, under the name American Interplanetary Society. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... The Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR - Spaceflight Society) was an association of amateur rocket enthusiasts active in Germany from 1927 to 1933. ...

When originally formed in January 1933, the BIS aimed not only to promote and raise the public profile of astronautics, but also to undertake practical experimentation into rocketry along similar lines to the organisations above. However early in 1936, the Society discovered this ambition was thwarted by the Explosives Act of 1875, which prevented any private testing of liquid-fuel rockets in the United Kingdom. A liquid rocket engine has propellant and oxidiser in liquid form, as opposed to a solid rocket or hybrid rocket. ...

In the late 1930s, the group devised a project of landing people on the moon by a multistage rocket, each stage of which would be comprised of many narrow solid-fuel rockets. Their lander was gumdrop-shaped but otherwise quite like the Lunar Module. As it was considered that the cabin would have to rotate to provide artificial gravity by centrifugal force, the BIS is considered to have invented the first instrument for space travel - a navigation mechanism which would cancel out the rotating view. Apparent magnitude: up to -12. ... The second stage of a Minuteman III rocket A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. ... The Space Shuttle Columbia is initially launched with the help of solid-fuel boosters A solid rocket or a solid fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). ... Description Role: Lunar landing Crew: 2; CDR, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 20. ... Gravity is a force of attraction that acts between bodies that have mass. ... Centrifugal force (from Latin centrum center and fugere to flee) is a term which may refer to two different forces which are related to rotation. ... Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer-Earth objects and generally anything that involves the technologies, science, and politics regarding space endeavors. ... Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ...

In 1978, the Society published a starship study called Project Daedalus, which was a detailed feasibility study for a simple unmanned interstellar mission to Barnard's Star using present-day technology and a reasonable extrapolation of near-future capabilities. Daedalus used a pellet driven nuclear-pulse fusion rocket to accelerate to 12% of the speed of light. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The fictional starship Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) from Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... An artists conception of the British Interplanetary Society design for Project Daedalus Project Daedalus was a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible interstellar unmanned spacecraft. ... Barnards star is a star in the constellation Ophiuchus which is notable for having the largest proper motion (10. ... A fusion rocket is a rocket that uses a fusion reaction to power it. ... The speed of light in a vacuum is an important physical constant denoted by the letter c for constant or the Latin word celeritas meaning swiftness. It is the speed of all electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum, not just visible light. ...

The science writer Arthur C. Clarke is a well-known former Chairman of the British Interplanetary Society. The society won a Sir Arthur Clarke Award. Charles Chilton joined the society before writing and producing the popular science-fiction radio trilogy Journey Into Space.^[1] Arthur C. Clarke, considered by many to be a grand master of science fiction and communication satellites Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (born December 16, 1917) is a British author and inventor, probably most famous for his science fiction novel 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Sir Arthur Clarke Award 2005 The Sir Arthur Clarke Award is a British award given in recognition of notable contributions to the British space industry. ... Charles Chilton, MBE, (born 1917) is a BBC radio presenter, a writer and a producer. ... Journey Into Space was a BBC Radio science fiction series written by BBC producer Charles Chilton. ...

See also

• Professor Archibald Low, one of the founder members of the BIS, and its President from 1936-1951.

Professor Archibald Montgomery Low Professor Archibald Montgomery Low (born 1888 Purley, London, died September 1956) was an English engineer, research physicist and inventor, he was also the author of more than 40 books. ...

External links

• BIS Homepage
• Arthur C. Clarke fan site

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