Record

RefNoMS/926/8/2/3
LevelFile
TitleAdministrative papers relating to the Planetary Sciences Study Group and the Subcommittee on Planetary Sciences, of Colin Pillinger
Date6 October 1970 - May 1979
DescriptionAgendas, minutes, correspondence and panel reports relating to the Royal Society Subcommittee on Planetary Sciences of the British National Committee on Space Research. Includes a 31 May 1977 press release on the transfer of Luna 24 samples from the USSR Academy of Sciences to the Royal Society. Agenda from 27 April 1978 contains a reference to a film about Luna 24 sent from Moscow. 1970-1971 records are outliers and concern the Planetary Sciences Study Group, with the majority of records from 1977 to 1979 concerning the Subcommittee on Planetary Sciences.

Correspondents:
SK [Stanley Keith] Runcorn, FRS - University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
M Bowthorpe - Science Research Council
Mr Philip Wigley - The Royal Society
GE Hunt - University College London
Dr G Turner - University of Sheffield
AH Gabriel - Appleton Laboratory
Alvin Perlman - Embassy of the United States of America
Dr RWJ Keay, OBE - Executive Secretary, the Royal Society
H Rishbeth - Science Research Council
FH [Sir Frederick Henry] Stewart, FRS - University of Edinburgh
GY Craig, - University of Edinburgh
Dr Geoffrey Eglinton - University of Bristol
Professor Harry Elliot - Imperial College
T Gold - Cornell University
Mr Roy Gibson - European Space Agency
Dr Coecklenbergh - Council of Europe
DC Martin - The Royal Society

Subcomittee of Planetary Sciences
Minutes:
22 November 1976
22 November 1977
18 May 1977
4 May 1978
Extent1 file, 24 items
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5328Runcorn; Stanley Keith (1922 - 1995)1922 - 1995
NA4816Stewart; Sir; Frederick Henry (1916 - 2001)1916 - 2001
NA5073Eglinton; Geoffrey (1927 - 2016)1927 - 2016
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