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Topic: British Interplanetary Society's Spaceflight
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Philip
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posted 06-12-2008 12:21 PM
   
Superb article in Spaceflight July 2008 by Joel Powell with unique photos "Monkey's ill-fated voyage" on the subject of the only living creature ever launched onboard a Delta Rocket: macaca monkey "Bonny"... it flew onboard Delta Rocket 70 on 28 June 1969 for a longer orbital flight until 7 July 1969... |
Philip
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posted 07-06-2008 05:07 AM
The August 2008 issue certainly looks great...By the way, this is the only topic which goes over TEN pages! |
ed zigoy
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posted 07-19-2008 09:37 PM
Kudos: to Brian Harvey on his excellent summary of June's Soviet/Chinese space forum in the August issue. |
Philip
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posted 08-20-2008 12:20 PM
September 2008 issue: great 8-pages article on Korolev by Asif Siddiqi entitled Lifting the veil on a secret life: Soviet rocket man was known in West |
dom
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posted 08-20-2008 12:46 PM
I agree with you on that one!Asif's article is one of the most interesting I've read in Spaceflight magazine for a long time and he is certainly writing the best stuff on Soviet space history at the moment. Dom |
cspg
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posted 09-03-2008 12:03 AM
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Originally posted by Philip:
September 2008 issue: great 8-pages article on Korolev by Asif Siddiqi entitled Lifting the veil on a secret life: Soviet rocket man was known in West
p344: What's the actual name of the Soviet person who gave a speech at BIS Headquarters in September 1961? First paragraph says "Tokayev" and the next one (and the footnotes) "Tokaty".  Also, I'm not sure that 1987 was the 20th anniversary of the space age! (p349)  And talking about the space age, why is it sometimes capitalized? (p349 first and third column). Chris. |
Philip
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posted 09-03-2008 03:25 AM
Chris, You should read my article entitled "Space age or Computer age" |
cspg
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posted 09-03-2008 09:41 AM
Philip, what issue? or were you kidding?  Chris.
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Philip
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posted 09-12-2008 08:46 AM
Chris that article appeared in the Vol 41 N°11 issue (November 1999) Just saw the article in BIS Spaceflight magazine October 2008 (pages 376-385) by Ken Kremer... astounding! Great to get a 10 pages overview of the mission and superb mosaic photos by UMSF forum members. Also good article by Dwayne Day on the future 12-wheeled lunar truck! |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-14-2008 11:40 PM
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Originally posted by Philip:
Chris that article appeared in the Vol 41 N°11 issue (November 1999)
oh, ok. I'll have to set up an expedidtion to the archives department then! Chris. |
cspg
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posted 09-14-2008 11:44 PM
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Originally posted by cspg:
p344: What's the actual name of the Soviet person who gave a speech at BIS Headquarters in September 1961? First paragraph says "Tokayev" and the next one (and the footnotes) "Tokaty".
For those interested, Asif Siddiqi kindly provided the answer to my query: "This is a little bit of a complicated issue. This person was born with the name Grigoriy Aleksandrovich Tokaty. His was a rather unusual name in the USSR (Tokaty was born in the north Caucasus). When he was older he 'Russianized' his last name to 'Tokayev' (or in the Library of Congress system: Tokaev). After he defected to the West, he used both 'Tokaty' and 'Tokaev' as well as the hyphenated 'Tokaty-Tokaev.' If you look at his list of publications, the author's name is different in different sources. This was the source of the confusion on my article. I hope that answers your question." quote:
Also, I'm not sure that 1987 was the 20th anniversary of the space age!
That's a typo!Chris. |
Philip
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posted 11-20-2008 12:57 PM
BIS Spaceflight magazine December 2008 has an excellent 9-pages article by Robert April: "Where next Columbus? NASA's Future Planetary Exploration Missions".Overview with proposed timeline for lunar and Mars missions, outer planet missions and missions of opportunity. Good photos of the Mars Science Laboratory "Scarecrow" vehicle, the next Mars rover. |
Philip
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posted 01-07-2009 12:04 PM
Proud to announce a third MER-related cover for BIS Spaceflight magazine, the perfect way to celebrate the rovers' 5th anniversary!!!!! |
Philip
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posted 02-18-2009 11:00 AM
It looks like Spaceflight comes a week later to my doorstep then usual. Normally I received issue Month X at the 12th of Month X-1...With the 2 last issue I get it at the 22nd of Month X-1... a general trend? |
GoesTo11
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posted 02-18-2009 11:31 AM
To follow up Philip's post...I'm in the States (Denver), and I'm wondering if there are currently distribution issues with UK- or Europe-based publications. The January issue of "BBC Sky at Night" only recently arrived on shelves here, while the local retailer of "Spaceflight" still does not have the January issue. Prior to this year, these magazines typically arrived here in the second or third week of the cover month.I've heard that some overseas distributors are cutting back on freight to North America, or dropping titles entirely. Does anyone have more specific info on this? Thanks! Kevin |
StarDome
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posted 02-18-2009 12:30 PM
If you continue to have problems with delivery then please let me know and I will look into it, and mention it at our next committee meeting. I am a member of the BIS Membership Committee. Phil, I have a picture of Charlie Duke holding that issue of Spaceflight with your MER front cover. My article about Charlie has been accepted for inclusion in Spaceflight and should in sometime before August. That's how far ahead were thinking these days. Cheers
Andy |
Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted 02-24-2009 12:36 PM
Again great articles by Dwayne A. Day in the March 2009 issue. |
Philip
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posted 03-24-2009 10:59 AM
Still no sign of the April issue here in Belgium... ... ...  |
GoesTo11
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posted 03-24-2009 01:16 PM
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Originally posted by Philip:
Still no sign of the April issue here in Belgium... ... ...
No sympathy here...I'm still waiting for March Kevin
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cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
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posted 03-25-2009 01:10 AM
And not in Switzerland either- if that can help you feel better! Chris. |
heng44
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posted 03-25-2009 02:48 AM
I did not receive the March issue here in the Netherlands, although that was corrected by the BIS within a few days after I asked them about it.I haven't yet received my April subscription issue, so judging from other reactions here that could be normal. I did receive the author's copies of the April issue, but these usually arrive before my subscription issue. Ed |
Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted 03-31-2009 10:58 AM
Just received the April 2009 issue this afternoon, featuring the article by ed Hengeveld and JL Pickering on preserving historic photos. Pity these guys focused on manned spaceflight as it's even more difficult to find good photos of unmanned spacecraft during ATLO (Assembly Test & Launch Operations). |
cspg
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posted 04-09-2009 04:08 AM
The April issue arrived in Switzerland today (April 9).Chris. |
Philip
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posted 05-08-2009 05:50 AM
May issue arrived in Belgium (8th May 09). June issue contents are online as well. |
cspg
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posted 05-08-2009 09:07 AM
The May issue also arrived this week, between the 4th and 6th...don't remember when exactly.Chris. |
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