The Exploration of SpaceTemple Press, 1951 - 198 pagini |
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... light- years of the Sun. ( This unit , the distance light travels in a year , is a convenient one for measuring stellar distances . It equals 5,880,000,000,000 miles . ) Only one of our nearest eight neighbours is visible , without a ...
... light- years of the Sun. ( This unit , the distance light travels in a year , is a convenient one for measuring stellar distances . It equals 5,880,000,000,000 miles . ) Only one of our nearest eight neighbours is visible , without a ...
Pagina 176
... light had been approached . As is now well known , at velocities approaching that of light some very peculiar things begin to happen . These were pointed out by Einstein when he formulated the Special Theory of Relativity , and they ...
... light had been approached . As is now well known , at velocities approaching that of light some very peculiar things begin to happen . These were pointed out by Einstein when he formulated the Special Theory of Relativity , and they ...
Pagina 177
... light - years . If the ship could achieve 99.999,999,999,999,999,996 per cent . of the velocity of light , the crew would imagine that the journey lasted thirty - three years -yet 10,000,000,000 years would have elapsed before they ...
... light - years . If the ship could achieve 99.999,999,999,999,999,996 per cent . of the velocity of light , the crew would imagine that the journey lasted thirty - three years -yet 10,000,000,000 years would have elapsed before they ...
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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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