- 29 July 2012
- Added "Space Debris and Its Mitigation
" to the archive.
- 16 July 2012
- Space Future has been on something of a hiatus of late. With the concept of Space Tourism steadily increasing in acceptance, and the advances of commercial space, much of our purpose could be said to be achieved. But this industry is still nascent, and there's much to do. So...watch this space.
- 9 December 2010
- Updated "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 7 December 2008
- "What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- 30 November 2008
- Added Lynx
to the Vehicle Designs page.
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KEY DOCUMENTS
Here are some key documents from the archive to get you started:
- What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace
- Space Tourism Market Demand and the Transportation Infrastructure
- General Public Space Travel and Tourism
- Artificial Gravity and the Architecture of Orbital Habitats
- Prospects of Space Tourism
More Documents
Papers & Publications
Bibliographic Index and Reference Database
This is the categorised bibliographic index.
- To read a paper in the archive select its title from the list of entries below.
- Choose Full Entry to view full details and a list of associated terms, references and back-references.
- Use the topic categories to navigate and view documents in parent and sub-categories.
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| Origin: | AAS paper no. 97-460, AAS vol. 96, pp. 617–630 | ||
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| Origin: | Futron Corporation Analysis Study for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. | ||
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| Origin: | IAF Congress paper No. IAA-99-IAA.1.3.03; also at www.spacefuture.com/ archive/collaboration_with_aviation_the_key_to_commercialisation_of_space_activities.shtml | ||
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| Origin: | Presented to International Symposium on Space Tourism, Bremen, Germany, March 20-22 1997 |
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| Origin: | AIAA 2003-0909. January 2003 (Revised April 2003) |
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| Origin: | April 1999 (Adapted from an original paper published in 1996) | ||
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| Origin: | STATEMENT SUBMITTED IN TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SPACE AND AERONAUTICS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SCIENCE COMMITTEE. This Hearing Is Concerned With The New U.S. Space Transportation "Initiative". 20 June 2001 | ||
| Published: | 20 June 2001 | ||
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| Origin: | in Legal Aspects of Space Commercialization, editor K Tatsuzawa, CSP Japan, pp 13949. | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings 31st Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, IISL, pp. 296-303 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of International Symposium on Space Law, 49th IAF Congress. | ||
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| Origin: | September 2003. Presented at Space 2003, Long Beach, CA | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 7th ISCOPS, AAS Vol 96, pp 693-707 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 7th ISCOPS, AAS Vol 96, pp 647-692 | ||
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Space Travel, Space Tours GmbH, in press. | ||
| Published: | April 21-23 1999 | ||
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| Origin: | IAA Rio Conference, Fall 2000 |
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| Origin: | Proceedings of 6th IS COPS, AAS in press. | ||
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| Origin: | in Proceedings of the AIAA/ICAS International Air and Space Symposium, Dayton Ohio. | ||
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| Origin: | ISTS 94-n-26. The National Institute for Defense Studies 2-1, Nakameguro 2-chome, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153 JAPAN |
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| Origin: | Presented at the 7th International Space Conference of Pacific Basin Societies (ISCOPS, formerly PISSTA), July 15-18, 1997, Nagasaki, JAPAN. Paper No. AAS 97-421 |
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| Origin: | Proc. 29th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space, IISL, pp. 161-170; also at www.spacefuture.com/archive/ towards_traffic_control_systems_for_near_earth_space.shtml | ||
| Published: | 1986 | ||
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A Multi Vehicle Space Carrier Fleet Cost Model for a Multi Mission Scenario
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| Origin: | ILR Mitteilung 240. Berlin: TU Berlin | ||
| Published: | 1990 | ||
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A Preliminary Feasibility Study of the Spacecab Low-Cost Spaceplane and of the Spacecab Demonstrator
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| Origin: | ESA Contract No. 10411/93/F/TB. | ||
| Published: | February 1994 | ||
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A Reusable Commercial Space Transport in a World of Expendables: Development, Certification, and Operation
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A Single-Fuel, Mixed-Mode Engine Concept and Utility Assessment
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| Origin: | AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Las Vegas, NV AIAA paper 78-973 | ||
| Published: | July 1978 | ||
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A Vertical Empire - The History of the UK Rocket and Space Programme, 1950-1971
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| Origin: | Imperial College Press. | ||
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Assessing Re-usable Space vehicles
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| Origin: | Astronautics and Aeronautics. | ||
| Published: | June 1964 | ||
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Billionaire Shops for Space Tourism Vehicle
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Bills Would Bait Investors
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Boost Glide Vehicles for Long Range Transport
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| Origin: | Jl R. Aeronaut. Soc. 69, 448-458 | ||
| Published: | July 1965 | ||
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Can a Small Start-Up Build America's Next Spaceship?
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| Origin: | Popular Science, Vol 267, No 4, pp 44-48, 94-96. | ||
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Cash-starved RLV firms remain grounded
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| Origin: | Aviation Week & Space Technology | ||
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Century's end essays on aviation
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| Origin: | Japan Aerospace Technology Society (in Japanese) | ||
| Published: | 1997 | ||
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Concept and Preliminary Flight Testing of Fully Reusable Rocket Vehicle
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| Origin: | J. Spacecraft and Rockets Vol.38, No.1, pp.36-42, AIAA--engine, NGC, kuuriki | ||
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Considerations on Vehicle Design Criteria for Space Tourism
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| Origin: | Proc. 45th IAF Congress, paper no IAF-94-V.3.535. | ||
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Design objectives for tomorrow's big boosters
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| Origin: | AAS Ninth Annual Meeting, Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 13, pp. 20-44, American Astronautical Society | ||
| Published: | 1963 | ||
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Design of Kanko-Maru as a Reference Vehicle for Space Tourism
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| Origin: | JRS Transportation Committee (in Japanese) | ||
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Development organization and safety design environment of space transport system
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| Origin: | in Perspectives of Advanced-Technology Society, RCAST, pp 132-3. | ||
| Published: | 1992 | ||
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Economical Orbit: SSOAR-A Freighter to Space
| Origin: | Earth/Space, Inc. | ||
| Published: | December 1976 | ||
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Global Satellite Marketplace 99
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| Origin: | New York: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 15. | ||
| Published: | 1999 | ||
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Handbook of Cost Engineering for Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | with TRANSCOST-Model 7.0, 224 pages, Report TCS-TR-168(2000), TCS-TransCostSystems | ||
| Published: | 2000 | ||
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Hazard Analysis of Commercial Space Transportation
| Origin: | Vol.11: Space Transportation Hazards, OCST (DOT Office of Commercial Space Transportation) Report | ||
| Published: | January 1988 | ||
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Industry, ESA Air Grievances During Space Days Meeting
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| Origin: | Space News, Vol 17, No 23, p 4. | ||
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JRS Rocket Symposium Series
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| Origin: | JRS in press (in Japanese). | ||
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Kankoh-maru cost estimate and development plan
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| Origin: | Japanese Rocket Society (in Japanese). | ||
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LOX/LH2 Propulsion System for Launch Vehicle Upper Stage
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| Origin: | Ishikawajimaharima Heavy Industry Technical Report No.1, vol.23 | ||
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Launch Cost as Design Tool - Cost as Principal Vehicle Concept Design and Selection Criteria
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Legal Framework for Commercial Space Transportation
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| Origin: | Japanese Rocket Society (in Japanese). | ||
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Lockheed NF-104 Aerospace Trainer
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| Origin: | Air Force Legends Number 204. | ||
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Man-into-Orbit Transportation Cost: History and Outlook
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| Origin: | Preprint IAF-89-695 | ||
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Maritime and Space Law, Comparisons and Contrasts (An Oceanic View of Space Transport)
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| Origin: | 9 J. SPACE L. 93 (1981). | ||
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Orbital operation of co-orbiting spacecraft with space station
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| Origin: | IAF paper no IAF-84-42 | ||
| Published: | 1984 | ||
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Out of This World! Towards Space Traffic Control Systems
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| Origin: | Traffic Technology International, Feb/March Issue, pp 56-60. | ||
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Phoenix: A Commercial, Reusable Single-Stage-to-Orbit Launch Vehicle
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| Origin: | Pacific American Launch Systems Inc. | ||
| Published: | 1985 | ||
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Prelude to Space Travel
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| Origin: | Included in "Across the Space Frontier" edited by Cornelius Ryan. Sidgwick and Jackson Limited, London | ||
| Published: | 1952 | ||
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Requirements and Approach for a Space Tourism Launch System
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation, 2350 E. El Segundo Blvd., El Segundo, California 90245-4691, unpublished. | ||
| Published: | October 1997 | ||
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Requirements on Propulsion System Design and Operation for Space Tourist Carrier Vehicles
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Review of Pacific American Launch System SSX:Phoenix VTOL Concept
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| Origin: | The Aerospace Corporation, internal technical report (Revised 15 August 1989) | ||
| Published: | 19 July 1989 | ||
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Safety Considerations of Vertically Landing Passenger Carrier Space Vehicle
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| Origin: | JRS Transportation Committee (in Japanese) | ||
| Published: | 2001 | ||
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Sanger Space Transportation System
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| Origin: | Progress Report 1990, Preprint IAF-90-175 | ||
| Published: | 1990 | ||
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Science with a Vengance: How the Military Created the US Space Sciences After World War II
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| Origin: | Springer-Verlag, Berlin, p. 10. | ||
| Published: | 1992 | ||
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Space Logistics - A Solution
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| Origin: | internal briefing | ||
| Published: | 24 February 1987 | ||
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Space Rotor - A French Concept for a Reusable Recovery System
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| Origin: | SAE Paper Number 670391, Space Technology Conference Proceedings | ||
| Published: | May 9-12 1967 | ||
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Space Tourism Optimized Reusable Spaceplane Design
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| Origin: | Proceedings of STAIF-97 Conference. | ||
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Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control
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| Published: | 1978 | ||
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Spaceship Design and Its Evaluation
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| Origin: | Japanese Rocket Society (in Japanese). | ||
| Published: | 1995 | ||
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Systemanalytische Untersuchung von Werkstoff und Bauweisen der Neptun-Aussenstruktur
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Systems Concepts for STS-Derived Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Study
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| Origin: | Boeing Aerospace Company, Report No. D180-20505-2 | ||
| Published: | February 1977 | ||
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The Aerospace Plane: an Object at the Cross-Roads between Air and Space Law
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The Astronauts - The First 25 Years of Manned Space Flight
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| Origin: | Magna Books, Leicester, United Kingdom. | ||
| Published: | 1986 | ||
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The Fractional Orbital Transportation System
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The Men Behind the Space Rockets
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| Origin: | New York: David McKay Company, Inc., p. 26. | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 1: The derivation of a first order parametric method for estimating the development cost of aerospace transporters
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| Origin: | Parts 1 - 4, Aeronautical Journal, Vol 93, Nos 921-923. | ||
| Published: | Jan/Feb/March 1989 | ||
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 3: Applications of aerospace transporters
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The Prospects for European Aerospace Transporters, part 4: Historical and political considerations
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The Rocket Pioneers
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| Origin: | New York: Julian Messner, Inc., p. 31. | ||
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The Saturn S-IVB Stage as a Test Bed for Booster Recovery
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| Origin: | Douglas Eng. Paper 3808 - Presented at the 6th European Symposium on Space Technology, May 23-25, 1966, Brighton, England | ||
| Published: | 23-25 May 1966 | ||
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The investigation status of NASDA RLV system
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Towards the Realisation of Low-Cost Space Transportation Systems
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| Origin: | SPS 2000 News, ISAS, No16, pp 8-9. | ||
| Published: | 1998 | ||
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Towards the new era of space transportation
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X-Rocket Concept Description
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| Published: | 20 February 1987 | ||
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