Interplanetary Space Travel Research Association (ISTRA)
Interplanetary Space Travel Research Association (ISTRA)
Nonprofit society founded in 1957 to promote public interest in space activities (including UFOs and extraterrestrials) and science fiction. Membership is free. The first issue of Space Digest (1977) is available from ISTRA. Contact: Robert Morison, Editor, 30 Grosvenor Rd., London, E. 11, England.
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