BIS Imagination to Reality

1. The British Interplanetary Society
From Imagination to Reality
80 Years
13 Oct 1933 - 13 Oct 2013
Prepared by
Bob Parkinson
Past President
Presented by
Alistair Scott
President

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China in 1997Hong Kong in 1949
2003 - 2011 EADS Astrium, Stevenage
TA, Sailing, Cartooning, Ferreting,
1994 Matra Marconi Space, Stevenage
Alistair Scott
Alistair Scott, TD,BSc,FBIS,MRAeS
 Birth Place/Date:
 Education:
 Experience:
1978 British Aerospace, Stevenage
(Rapier/Swingfire/Sea Wolf/Dart/Skua)
 Name:
 Position: President of the British Interplanetary Society
Manila/Bangkok/Malaya/England/Scotland/Bristol
1967 De Havilland Apprentice, Astwick, Hatfield
1984 BAe Space Systems, Stevenage
2000 Astrium, Stevenage
 Other Interests:
1968 Hawker Siddeley(A300/125/146)

3. Ferreting
Ferdie

4. 80th Year

5. The beginning (1933)...
Phillip E. Cleator
President
Les Johnson
Hon Secretary 81 Dale Street
Liverpool
Eric Burgess
Manchester Interplanetary Society,
June 1936
9 Launches, 5 December 1936
John Stewart
3 Launches, 19 May 1936
The Paisley Rocketeers.
February 1936

6. BIS London (1936)
The Mason’s Arms
Maddox Street
Arthur C Clarke
The Duke of York
Derring Street88 Greys Inn Road
Inaugural Meeting, 27 Oct 1936

7. Moonship (1939)
Technical Committee
Jack Edwards – Director
Ralph R.A. Smith

8. Communications Satellites (1945)
Arthur C Clarke
Eric Burgess

9. Space Station(1948)
From Imagination…..
…..to Reality
International
Space Station
1998-present
HE Ross/RA Smith

10. Megaroc (1947)
Mercury – Redstone
1960/61
The BIS Spaceship
1938/47
From Imagination…..
…..to Reality

11. Lunar Landers and Space Suits
(1937- 1947)
The BIS Lunar Spaceship
RA Smith 1937/50
From Imagination….. …..to Reality
Neil Armstrong descends from Eagle
Lunar Lander, 21 July 1969 (GMT)

12. MOUSE (1951)
Minimum Orbital Unmanned Satellite (Earth)
Ken Gatland
Echo 1
May 13, 1960
From Imagination…..
…..to Reality

13. Spaceflight Magazine(1956)
First Issue: October 1956
Editor: Patrick Moore

14. Blue Streak - Europa 1
1953-1971/2
Blue Streak - ICBM
1953 - 1961
Blue Streak - Europa
1961 - 1972

15. Ariel 3 (1967)
Ariel 3 (UK3), BAC
Scout, 5 May 67

16. Black Arrow / Prospero (1971)
Black Arrow (Saunders Roe)
Woomera, 28 Oct 71
X3 Prospero
BAC. Marconi

17. Communications Satellites
Intelsat IV
ECS

18. Lunar Bases (1976)

19. Daedalus (1973-78)
The Rising Sun
Aston Clinton

20. Giotto (1984)
Giotto
Ariane 4, 2 Jul 1985
Giotto Intercepted
Halley’s Comet
14 Mar 1986

21. HoToL (1983 – 1989)
Hotol
1983-89
An225-Hotol
1990-94
Skylon
2001 →

22. Envisat (2002)
Polar Platform
Envisat on test
Envisat on Orbit

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Telecommunications
Eurostar E2000
(Telecom 2)
Eurostar E3000
(Intelsat 10)
Eurostar E3000
(Inmarsat 4)
Eurostar E2000+
(Astra 2B)
Eurostar 3000 – setting the Industry standard for geostationary communications satellites

24. Beagle 2 (2003)
Dr. Mark Sims, Leicester University

25. Huyghens (1997-2005)
Prof John Zarnecki
Titan surface
14 Jan 2005Launched 15 Oct 1997

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Earth Observation
Earth observation from
space has truly
revolutionised how we
view our home planet
METOP
NovaSAR
Aeolus
AstroSAR
Lite

27. SPACE SCIENCE Providing the innovation and
technology to explore the
solar system and unlock the
secrets of the Universe.
Solar Orbiter
Gaia
LISA Pathfinder
ExoMars
Rover
Bepi Columbo
- Mercury

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Diversification
1989/90 PCN Licence,
British Aerospace Communications
(Microtel)
1991/2 Hutchinson Whampoa
50/50 BAe →Orange Mobile

29. Project Boreas (2004-2006)

30. Project Icarus (2006- )

31. Project 2033
In the year 2033, at the 100th anniversary of the BIS,
what will be the state of space exploration?