The Exploration of SpaceTemple Press, 1951 - 198 pagini |
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Pagina 19
... consider how the rocket works and just why it is that it has become of such supreme importance in astronautics . It is often stated that rocket propulsion depends on reaction- to put it colloquially , upon " pushing " . This is ...
... consider how the rocket works and just why it is that it has become of such supreme importance in astronautics . It is often stated that rocket propulsion depends on reaction- to put it colloquially , upon " pushing " . This is ...
Pagina 139
... consider a good vacuum they are not of much interest to astronautics . Some of the larger specimens may have a solid core but this probably consists of nothing more than a cluster of meteors . Planets - satellites - asteroids - comets ...
... consider a good vacuum they are not of much interest to astronautics . Some of the larger specimens may have a solid core but this probably consists of nothing more than a cluster of meteors . Planets - satellites - asteroids - comets ...
Pagina 177
... consider the spaceship mentioned on page 176 , which , by converting 90 per cent . of its mass into radiation ... considers a spaceship circumnavigating the Cosmos - assuming that this represents a distance of 10,000,000,000 light ...
... consider the spaceship mentioned on page 176 , which , by converting 90 per cent . of its mass into radiation ... considers a spaceship circumnavigating the Cosmos - assuming that this represents a distance of 10,000,000,000 light ...
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FRONTISPIECE Automatic Rocket Surveying Mars PLATE I HighAltitude ManCarrying Rocket | 3 |
Spaceships Refuelling In Free Orbit | 4 |
The Earth and its Neighbours | 9 |
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