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It is , of course , a speed far greater than anything ever achieved by man or indeed by any man - made object . But it no longer seems as fantastic as it did even a decade ago . 1940 , no rocket had ever travelled more than a thousand ...
It is , of course , a speed far greater than anything ever achieved by man or indeed by any man - made object . But it no longer seems as fantastic as it did even a decade ago . 1940 , no rocket had ever travelled more than a thousand ...
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To correct for this it would be advisable to make a small change of course around mid - voyage . The alteration would only be of the order of a degree , but that would produce the required compensation over the distances concerned .
To correct for this it would be advisable to make a small change of course around mid - voyage . The alteration would only be of the order of a degree , but that would produce the required compensation over the distances concerned .
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All the stars , including of course our Sun , are in motion through space . Their movements are not entirely random , for the great disc of the Galaxy is rotating , sweeping the stars round with it and completing one revolution in about ...
All the stars , including of course our Sun , are in motion through space . Their movements are not entirely random , for the great disc of the Galaxy is rotating , sweeping the stars round with it and completing one revolution in about ...
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