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from Arthur C. Clarke, “What Will Will We Do with the Moon?” Popular Science, April 1952 http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.it/2012_10_01_archive.html
Illustration by R. A. Smith Image from https://vauxhallhistory.org/the-space-art-of-ralph-smith-in-vauxhall/
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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
‘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