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British Interplanetary Society

a public organization founded in 1933. In 1936 the society had 100 members; that same year a technical committee was organized whose tasks included the study of spacecraft design and equipment. By 1939 the society’s members had developed a detailed plan of a spaceship designed for a three-member crew and a 20-day expedition to the moon. During the postwar years study groups were organized to theoretically work out such problems in astronautics as space-station design, astronauts’ space suits, rendezvous and fueling of spacecraft in orbit, the use of nuclear energy in rocket engines, and the creation of a global system of communication with artificial earth satellites. The first International Astronautical Congress was held in Paris in 1950; it was organized by British and German interplanetary societies. The second congress, held in London, adopted the constitution for the International Astronautical Federation, which was based on the charter of the British Interplanetary Society. According to the constitution, the aims of the International Astronautical Federation are to cooperate in the development of astronautics, interplanetary investigations, and cosmic communication by conducting studies, publishing discoveries, and promoting international collaboration in astronautics. The British Interplanetary Society publishes the journal Spaceflight (since 1956) and organizes topical symposia.

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No references found	Although it is in Seacombe - where you learn a little history of Liver pool - it was here, in 1933, the British Interplanetary Society was founded and it was they who proposed the idea of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. Exhibitions are a must see; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) But now two physicists have stunned the scientific world by suggesting that warp speed could actually work and have published their findings in The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. Let's all go to Gliese 581c for our holidays by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Nick Spall, of the British Interplanetary Society, which is campaigning for the UK to get more involved, said: "It shows how strong enthusiasm is for human spaceflight. 864 Brits race to be astronauts; SPACE by The Mirror (London, England)	British Board of Agrement British Board of Agrément British Broadcasting Corporation British Broadcasting Corporation BBC British Cameroons British Columbia British Columbia Conservation Foundation British Columbia Day British Columbia Water, Land & Air Ministry British Columbia Wildlife Federation British Columbia, University British Columbia, University of British Commonwealth of Nations British East Africa British East India Company British Empire British engineering system of units British Expeditionary Force British gravitational system of units British Guiana British Honduras British imperial pound British Imperial System of weights and measures British India British Indian Ocean Territory British Interplanetary Society British Invasion British Isles British Library British Library Method British Museum British Museum Library British North America British North America Act British North Borneo British Open British Socialist Party BSP British Somaliland British South Africa Company British Standard British Standard specification British Standards Institute British Standards Institution British Steel Corporation British Telecom British Telecom Research Laboratories British thermal unit British Togoland British Trade Union Congress BTUC British West Africa British West Indies	British International Clay Target Shooting Federation British International College of Thailand British International Comics Show British International Doctors Association British International Freight Association British International Law Cases British International Lottery Corporation British International Motor Show British International Rowing Office British International Rowing Supporters' Club British International School Al Khobar British International School Bratislava British International School Budapest British International School Cairo British International School Istanbul British International School of Brussels British International School of Lahore British International School of Moscow British International School of Prague British International Spa Association British International Studies Association British Internet Chess Server British Internet Music and Video Store British Internet Publishers' Alliance British Interplanetary Society British Invasion British Investment Casting Trade Association British Irish Association British Irish Exchange British Irish Rights Watch British Iron and Steel Corporation British Iron and Steel Federation British Iron and Steel Producers Association British Iron and Steel Research Association British Islamic Insurance Holdings British Isles British Isles British Isles Backgammon Association British Isles Baton Twirling Association British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa British Isles Flying Fifteen Association British Isles Genealogical Register British Isles Genealogical Research Association British Isles Indoor Bowls Council British Isles Lupus Activity Group British Isles Lupus Assessment Group British Isles Majorette Association British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers British Isles Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Association British Isles Soccer Tournaments Association

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Although it is in Seacombe - where you learn a little history of Liver pool - it was here, in 1933, the British Interplanetary Society was founded and it was they who proposed the idea of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous.

Exhibitions are a must see; LETTERS to the EDITOR by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

But now two physicists have stunned the scientific world by suggesting that warp speed could actually work and have published their findings in The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.

Let's all go to Gliese 581c for our holidays by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)

Nick Spall, of the British Interplanetary Society, which is campaigning for the UK to get more involved, said: "It shows how strong enthusiasm is for human spaceflight.

864 Brits race to be astronauts; SPACE by The Mirror (London, England)

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