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Just before the publication of the
45th Anniversary of ASTRA Spacereport, we learned from
Archie Roy that Len Carter had died on 12th November, 1998.
Len was one of the major organisers of the British
Interplanetary Society (BIS) before the war, and prominent
in it's re-creation afterwards; his position as Executive
Secretary ensured a major role in BIS decision-making
thereafter. As noted in the ASTRA history, he flew up to
Scotland in January 1954 to confirm the foundation of the
BIS Scottish Branch, and returned in October 1960 to give a
talk on 'Are there Limits to Space Exploration?' Len
strongly backed the BIS position in the difficulties which
arose with the Space and Scotland project in 1963, and it
was after a meeting between Len and Andy Nimmo in London
that a Scottish Branch decided to become an independent
society.
He was actively involved in the
production of the 'Journal of the British Interplanetary
Society' and its magazine 'Spaceflight', and in 1957 he
edited "Realities of Space Travel", an important collection
of essays from the Journal, including one by Prof. Nonweiler
and one by Dr Overden.
Papers from it were cited as
sources in "Man and the Stars" and later ASTRA book
projects, including the forthcoming (we hope) "Children from
the Sky".
In 1987 he organised the annual
conference of the International Astronautical Federation in
Brighton, in conjunction with one of a series of biannual
spaceflight exhibitions which the BIS held there. In the
1990's he stepped down to Assistant Executive Secretary of
the BIS, but remained active in its affairs throughout.
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CHRIS
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