Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel

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The Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel (OIMS, Template:Langx) was founded in Moscow in May 1924, as a spin-off from a military science society at the Zhukovsky Airforce Academy. Chaired by Grigory Kramarov, it counted 200 charter members, including prominent Soviet experts in space-exploration and rocketry such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Fridrikh Tsander, and Vladimir Vetchinkin. The society facilitated discussions among engineers and educators on space travel and organized public educational events.[1]

OIMS hosted a famous public debate on October 4, 1924, to discuss Robert Goddard's proposal to launch a rocket to the Moon.[2]

The society lasted for only about one year.

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  1. ↑ Kosmonavtika Entsiklopediya, V.P Glushko (ed.), 1986, page 273
  2. ↑ From the History of Early Soviet Liquid-Propellant Rockets, M.K. Tikhonravov, AAS History Series, Vol 6, 1968.

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