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@lronlacy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 AM

Astronaut Manoeuvres in Space with a Hand-held Jet. R.A. Smith (BIS). 1949.
#RASmith #HARoss #BIS #BritishInterplanetarySociety #SpaceSuit
BIS website www.bis-space.com

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@lronlacy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 AM

The 1950 Lunar Spaceship preparing to take off - with cutaway drawing. R. A. Smith.
‘Four legs serve as both launching ramp and landing gear. The ship lands backwards, its fall slowed by rocket braking.’
#RASmith #BIS #BritishInterplanetarySociety #LunarLander #moonship

from Arthur C. Clarke, “What Will Will We Do with the Moon?” Popular Science, April 1952 http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.it/2012_10_01_archive.htmlfrom Arthur C. Clarke, “What Will Will We Do with the Moon?” Popular Science, April 1952 http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.it/2012_10_01_archive.html
@lronlacy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 AM

The 1950 Lunar Spaceship landing on the Moon
Illustrations by R. A. Smith & David A. Hardey
#RASmith #BIS #BritishInterplanetarySociety #LunarLander #moonship

Illustration by R. A. Smith Image from https://vauxhallhistory.org/the-space-art-of-ralph-smith-in-vauxhall/ Illustration by David A. Hardey. February 1952. https://discoveryenterprise.wordpress.com/category/british-interplanetary-society/.
@lronlacy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 AM

Assembly of the BIS Space Station. Illustration by R. A. Smith, which won an award from *The Perspectivist* magazine.
#RASmith #HARoss #BIS #BritishInterplanetarySociety #SpaceStation

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@lronlacy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 AM

BIS (British Interplanetary Society) lunar spacesuit developed by H. E. Ross and R. A. Smith. 1945-1950.
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#RASmith #HARoss #BIS #BritishInterplanetarySociety #SpaceSuit

Image from https://vauxhallhistory.org/the-space-art-of-ralph-smith-in-vauxhall/ ‘In a November 1949 symposium, Harry Ross presented a paper on the “Lunar Space-Suit”. Ross had examined the problem of a 68 kg lunar space suit (equivalent to 11 kg on the Moon) which could be worn for up to 12 hours, within the temperature range of 120 degrees to minus 150 degrees Celsius, representing night and day. The suit design was a 4-ply, made up of a thin exterior skin of closely woven cloth. It had a 1 cm layer of cellular heat-resisting material (Kapok, wool, felt et cetera) and a 1-2 mm main airtight sheath of fabric-backed natural or synthetic rubber. It also had an interior lining of non-hygroscopic material, mainly for comfort and to manage contact between the rubber and skin and absorption of the water-vapour. ...’ https://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/the-lunar-space-suit Image from https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/nnycul/british_lunar_spacesuit_design_1947/ '... The exterior of the lunar space suit was to be a highly burnished metallic film, designed to reflect as much heat as possible. The chest and thigh areas were to be given an external matt-black finish to permit radiation manage heat loss. Operation of the suit during the lunar day would require further cooling through the use of a low boiling liquid such as Ammonia or water – which would vaporise to space through a thermostatic valve. The helmet was to be a light, rigid double-shell structure, with the inner a bright alloy metal and the outer a plastic with burnished metal coating. Lateral vision of 180 degrees was proposed with a minimal vertical extension in order to minimise heat gain or loss. ...' https://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/the-lunar-space-suit Image from https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/nnycul/british_lunar_spacesuit_design_1947/ '... The exterior of the lunar space suit was to be a highly burnished metallic film, designed to reflect as much heat as possible. The chest and thigh areas were to be given an external matt-black finish to permit radiation manage heat loss. Operation of the suit during the lunar day would require further cooling through the use of a low boiling liquid such as Ammonia or water – which would vaporise to space through a thermostatic valve. The helmet was to be a light, rigid double-shell structure, with the inner a bright alloy metal and the outer a plastic with burnished metal coating. Lateral vision of 180 degrees was proposed with a minimal vertical extension in order to minimise heat gain or loss. ...' https://www.bis-space.com/what-we-do/projects/the-lunar-space-suit
@lronlacy.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:33 AM

#OTD-Oct 13-in 1933
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#BritishInterplanetarySociety (#BIS) founded thru the efforts of #PhilipEllabyCleator (1908-1994) Liverpool, his enthusiasm fired by science fiction & news of such rocket societies as the #AmericanInterplanetarySociety & the #VereinfürRaumschiffahrt.
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‘Philip Ellaby Cleator (1908–1994, born in Wallasey, England, U.K.) founded the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) in 1933.’ National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. ‘As a young office worker in the Liverpool area, Cleator was inspired by science fiction movies and news of the rocket societies, especially the American Interplanetary Society. He founded the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) in 1933. In 1936 he published the first book in Britain on the topic, Rockets Through Space: The Dawn of Interplanetary Travel. The BIS became the world’s most important space advocacy society from the mid-1930s on.’ https://pioneersofflight.si.edu/content/philip-ellaby-cleator-0 image from https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-union-jack-on-the-moon-1262867212 '...the booster consisted of 2,490 [powder] rockets, which were shed as soon as they were exhausted. Thus, a kind of 'infinite' staging was used to compensate for the very low specific impulse of the motors. The hexagonal booster was 6 meters in diameter & 32 meters long, with a lift-off mass of 1112 metric tons. Launch was from a flooded caisson in a high-altitude lake near the equator. The one metric ton spacecraft delivered a crew of three to the lunar surface... Following re-entry in the earth's atmosphere, a parachute was used for final descent. Oddly, heating during ascent through the atmosphere was seen as a real problem, while re-entry on return was considered trivial... Therefore, a jettisonable ceramic shield protected the spacecraft from heating...during ascent, while no heat shield was considered necessary for return.' http://www.astronautix.com/b/bislunarlander.html