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British Interplanetary Society

Categories: Exploring, Science

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From their : "The British Interplanetary Society is an international membership society and registered charity. We are devoted to initiating, promoting and disseminating new concepts and technical information about space flight and astronautics... We exist to inspire people about space so that humanity builds a future beyond the Earth."

Address: 27-29 South Lambeth Road SW8.

Founded in Liverpool in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator, the oldest existing space advocacy organisation in the world. Its aim is exclusively to support and promote astronautics and space exploration.

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