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The Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) is an educational charity based in Perth, Scotland, founded in 1884.The purpose of the society is to advance the subject of geography worldwide, inspire people to learn more about the world around them, and provide a source of reliable and impartial geographical information.
DARPA's Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program leverages commercial space technology to inspect and repair aging or broken satellites in the geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), about 35,786 kilometers (22,236 miles) from Earth. [1] Robotic arm, part of the RSGS robotic payload, in an electromagnetic test.
Stirling transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers in 1947. Stirling was granted the honorary rank of Lt. Col as a reservist, a rank that he retained on his retirement in 1965. [23] [24] Stirling was the founder of the Capricorn Africa Society, promoting freedom from racial discrimination in Africa. Founded in 1949, while much of ...
Soon after becoming prime minister in 1964, Harold Wilson vetoed the building the new RSGs which the Home Office wanted and for which detailed estimates existed. By this time, the structure of civil defence was changing again, as the government realised that a more flexible system of protected sub-regional controls was needed in order to revive ...
He was president of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society from 1898 to 1904. In 1911, Murray founded the Alexander Agassiz Medal which is awarded by the National Academy of Sciences , in memory of his friend Alexander Agassiz (1835–1910).
Spies for Peace was a British group of anti-war activists associated with the Committee of 100 who publicised government preparations for rule after a nuclear war. In 1963 they broke into a secret government bunker, Regional Seat of Government Number 6 at Warren Row, near Reading, where they photographed and copied documents.
List of organisations in the United Kingdom with a royal charter is an incomplete list of organisations based in the United Kingdom that have received a royal charter from an English, Scottish, or British monarch.
He was awarded the first W. S. Bruce Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1926, [6] the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 1933 [7] and the Scottish Geographical Medal of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in 1944.