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Blue Streak by Charles H Martin

Wednesday 08 September 2004

4 Hamilton Place, London

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Blue Streak
  • Public open lecture
  • All visitors welcome
  • No admission fee
  • No tickets required
  • No advance booking
  • Just turn up !
  • Doors open 5:00pm

An opportunity to attend the book launch of the British Interplanetary Society’s first monograph entitled "Blue Streak" written by the late Charles Martin, Chief Designer and to buy the book at a specially reduced price for the evening.

The Blue Streak missile was a British ballistic missile development programme of the mid to late-1950s.  Following cancellation as a weapons programme it continued under the auspices of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), Blue Streak becoming the first stage of Europa I launcher with French and German second and third stages.

There were eleven Blue Streak test launches, without a single failure, before the programme was terminated.

PROGRAMME
5:00pm Doors open:  Opportunity for networking, tea and biscuits provided from 5:30pm.

6:00pm

Welcome:
 Mr Pat Norris, Chairman, RAeS Space Group
Mr Rex Hall, President, British Interplanetary Society

 

Presentation by Roy Dommett, followed by Blue Steak film of 1957 vintage on VHS video with full soundtrack (courtesy of EADS Astrium).

7:30pm Opportunity to purchase the book and for further networking.  (Wine and canapé reception courtesy of EADS Astrium).

This event has been organised jointly by the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) Space Group and the British Interplanetary Society (BIS).  The lecture will take place in the Argyll Room at 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ.  Nearest underground station Hyde Park.  See maps multimap.com...  streetmap.co.uk...

For further details:  Conference Department, Royal Aeronautical Society, 4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ.  tel 020 7670 4300  fax 020 7670 4349  email conference@aerosociety.com

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Blue Streak:  Related web sites www.spaceuk.org/bstreak/bstreak.htm and www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/6133/bluestreak.html and www.raf.mod.uk/spadeadam/bluestreak.html

Related web sites:  The Royal Aeronautical Society www.aerosociety.com  RAeS Space Group www.aerosociety.com/space/  British Interplanetary Society www.bis-spaceflight.com  EADS Astrium www.eads.net/