Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Nov 2005
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An Overview of United Kingdom Space Activity 1957-1987 / Douglas Millard, ESA HSR-36, ESA History Study Reports (ISSN 1683-4704)
Computer Science
Sound
Space Research
Scientific paper
This history has two main objectives: to provide an overview of United Kingdom civil space activity between 1957 and 1987; and to provide a concise history document that indicates the location of more detailed and specific histories and sources. It is hoped that it provides also some additional national context to the extensive official history of the European Space Agency. The history is divided into five main parts. In the first the author offers a personal impression of UK space policy in this 30-year period. It addresses and attempts to rationalize the perception, held by many participants and commentators, of under-commitment by successive UK governments to space activity. The second part reviews the organization and range of UK space activity during this time. The third focuses on significant aspects of UK space concerns, while the fourth provides a brief historiography. The fifth part comprises appendices that include listings of all the spacecraft that the UK has had significant involvement in during this period, and the associated main centres of expertise. The history does not dwell on the UK's highly significant sounding-rocket programme, for which the reader is directed to Massey and Robins (1986) and Godwin (2005).
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