Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

*Journal of the British Interplanetary Society*
Discipline	Astronautics, space flight, astrophysics
Language	English
Edited by	Dave Salt
Publication details
History	1934–present
Publisher	British Interplanetary Society (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Monthly
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Br. Interplanet. Soc.
Indexing;
CODEN	JBISAW
ISSN	0007-084X;
LCCN	sn94095765
OCLC no.	219841048
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archives (1999-2015);

The Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1934. The journal covers research on astronautics and space science and technology, including spacecraft design, nozzle theory, launch vehicle design, mission architecture, space stations, lunar exploration, spacecraft propulsion, robotic and crewed exploration of the solar system, interstellar travel, interstellar communications, extraterrestrial intelligence, philosophy, and cosmology. It is published monthly by the British Interplanetary Society.

History

The journal was established in 1934 when the British Interplanetary Society was founded. The inaugural editorial stated:

The ultimate aim of the society, of course, is the conquest of space and thence interplanetary travel.....(the) immediate task is the stimulation of public interest in the subject of interplanetary travel and the dissemination of knowledge concerning the true nature of the difficulties which as present hinder its achievements.^[1]

The first issue was only a six-page pamphlet, but has the distinction of being the world's oldest surviving astronautical publication.^{[citation needed]}

Notable papers

Project Daedalus special issue

Notable papers^{[according to whom?]} published in the journal include:

The B.I.S Space-Ship, H.E.Ross, JBIS, 5, pp. 4–9, 1939
The Challenge of the Spaceship (Astronautics and its Impact Upon Human Society), Arthur C. Clarke, JBIS, 6, pp. 66–78, 1946
Atomic rocket papers by Les Shepherd, Val Cleaver and others, 1948–1949.
Interstellar Flight, L.R.Shepherd, JBIS, 11, pp. 149–167, 1952
A Programme for Achieving Interplanetary Flight, A.V.Cleaver, JBIS, 13, pp. 1–27, 1954
Special Issue on World Ships, JBIS, 37, 6, June 1984
Project Daedalus - Final Study Reports, Alan Bond & Anthony R Martin et al., Special Supplement JBIS, pp.S1-192, 1978

Editors

Some of the people that have been editor-in-chief of the journal are:

Philip E. Cleator
J. Hardy
Gerald V. Groves
Anthony R. Martin
Mark Hempsell
Chris Toomer
Kelvin Long
Roger Longstaff

References

^ Interplanetary A History of The British Interplanetary Society, Bob Parkinson, BIS Publication, 2008.

External links

[1] Interplanetary A History of The British Interplanetary Society, Bob Parkinson, BIS Publication, 2008.

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