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Topic: British Interplanetary Society's Spaceflight
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Philip
Member Posts: 3538
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted June 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...IP: Logged |
Philip
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From: Brussels, BELGIUM
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posted July 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! IP: Logged |
ed zigoy
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From: Portland,OR,USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted July 19, 2008 09:37 PM
Kudos: to Brian Harvey on his excellent summary of June's Soviet/Chinese space forum in the August issue.IP: Logged |
Philip
Member Posts: 3538
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
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posted August 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 WestIP: Logged |
dom
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posted August 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 IP: Logged |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
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posted September 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. IP: Logged |
Philip
Member Posts: 3538
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted September 03, 2008 03:25 AM
Chris, You should read my article entitled "Space age or Computer age" IP: Logged |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted September 03, 2008 09:41 AM
Philip, what issue? or were you kidding?  Chris.
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Philip
Member Posts: 3538
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
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posted September 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! IP: Logged |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted September 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. IP: Logged |
cspg
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posted September 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. IP: Logged |
Philip
Member Posts: 3538
From: Brussels, BELGIUM
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posted November 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. IP: Logged |
