Papers, reports and other ephemeral material regarding the development of equipment, vehicles and environments for the purposes of space travel with particular interest in pressure and thermal protection. Research and Development for the British Space Programme
A copy of the journal containing a single paper titled 'High Altitude Chambers and Pressure Suits and their Part in Manned Flight to the Moon'. This discusses the required environmental systems to carry man to the moon and back by reviewing current and projected man-bearing vehicles to estimate parameters such as size of cabin, number of crew, duration of flight and possible heat loads, as the basis for requirements to sustain life in a small earth-to-orbit vehicle, a large space station, and a lunar suit. Direct references are made to projects including the Manhigh II, Project Mercury, Blue Streak/Black Knight, Dyna-Soar, N.A.S.A Nova, Atlas Manned Space Station Outpost and the Lockhead Space Station. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Vol 17, No 8
Papers relating to the British Interplanetary Society Symposium on Space Medicine held in London between 16th - 17th October 1958. Also includes a press release on news of Project Adam and copies of the society journal publication, and a paper from the BIS Commonwealth Space Flight Symposium in October 1959. Symposium on Space Medicine Papers
