Voyage - Space for Young Explorers                                           
                                                          
Your questions about space will be answered by our space experts
 
The idea is to introduce a new generation to the excitement and vision of Space, while providing an educational resource. With a serious decline in the number of students choosing to take science, technology, engineering or mathematics subjects, it is becoming recognised that Space is an important source of inspiration to youngsters deciding on their future studies. Members of the BIS, of course, also believe that Space is important in its own right and would like to transmit this to the next generation. All members would receive a copy of the four page supplement which they could pass on to sons/daughters/nephews/nieces or any other youngsters showing an interest in astronautics - and others might be interested to take and receive the resurrected Voyage as a means of reaching a new audience.

Voyage will appear, in the first instance, every third month with Spaceflight. Each issue will be devoted to a different topic about astronautics, following a common, simple format aimed at a readership in the 10 - 14 year old range. Our intention is to get different organisations to produce one issue on a particular topic relevant to them. As an example, we have asked Arianespace to produce us an issue on launch vehicles.

Editorial board
We are in the process of creating an editorial group. In the first instance we would like to hear from teachers or educators who already deal with this audience, and who could suggest a programme of topics that we can deal with in subsequent issues of Voyage or is familiar with current curriculum standard.

Contributors
We are always looking for space organisations who will be willing to contribute to an issue of Voyage. The theme will be left entirely up to them and will be working with our designer on image and layout content. If you are interested in doing an issue please contact us for author/contributor guidelines on sf@bis-spaceflight, or mail@bis-spaceflight or on 0207 735 3160. Please see below for previous issues.

This way no one person will have to work on producing issue after issue of the magazine, and we can draw on the varied expertise of our members to produce something that is not only interesting but of educational value.


We would also encourage feedback from members about the value of this exercise, and feedback from the young audience that Voyage is aimed at. What are the frequently asked questions? The BIS has the experts who can answer those questions, but first we need to know what they are. Let us know what you think.

Bob Parkinson


Issue 6 August 2008 

This issue: Astrium edition on 'Orbits and Satellites',  Click here for downloadable PDF

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Issue 7 October 2008 

This issue: Arianspace edition on 'Rockets and Launchers'  Click here for a downloadable PDF




This issue: Virgin Galactic edition on 'Space Tourism'  Click here for a downloadable PDF