The British Interplanetary Society (BIS) is a space advocacy organization founded in Liverpool in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator. It is the oldest existing space advocacy organization in the world, and its aim is exclusively to support and promote astronautics and space exploration. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Agency TypeBritish space advocacy organization, the oldest existing space advocacy organisation in the world 1 Founded Year Headquarters HeadPhilip E. Cleator, Founder 1 Founder and first head, 1933. The writer Arthur C. Clarke later served as a well-known chairman of the society. In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia: British Interplanetary Society
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founded in Liverpool in 1933 by Philip E. Cleator, is the oldest existing space advocacy organisation in the world
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It is a non-profit organisation with headquarters in London and is financed by members' contributions.
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