DURING the past year (the Advisory Council stated) we were asked to consider the question of British participation in space research and, in particular, a proposal originating with a group of Fellows of the Royal Society led by Professor H. S. W. Massey, that the United Kingdom should embark upon a programme of scientific experiments in the upper atmosphere and in extraterrestrial space, by means of a series of earth satellites launched by vehicles developed from British military rockets adapted to this purpose.


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    Title :

    British Space Research


    Subtitle :

    Annual Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, 1958–59



    Publication date :

    1960-02-01


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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