The Exploration of SpaceTemple Press, 1951 - 198 pagini |
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... look at Plates V and IX - but it is the truth . Space - travel is a sufficiently sensational subject to require no additional embellish- ments , and in the long run we can be sure that our wildest flights of fancy will fall far short of ...
... look at Plates V and IX - but it is the truth . Space - travel is a sufficiently sensational subject to require no additional embellish- ments , and in the long run we can be sure that our wildest flights of fancy will fall far short of ...
Pagina 165
... look towards the Milky Way , we are looking along the major axis of the Galaxy so that we see the stars packed in endless ranks as far as the eye , or even the telescope , can see . When we look in other directions , however , our gaze ...
... look towards the Milky Way , we are looking along the major axis of the Galaxy so that we see the stars packed in endless ranks as far as the eye , or even the telescope , can see . When we look in other directions , however , our gaze ...
Pagina 170
... look past the street - lamps of his suburb to the lights of another city , many miles away . 2 The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest of the other universes , and it is about 700,000 light - years away . In whatever direction we look ...
... look past the street - lamps of his suburb to the lights of another city , many miles away . 2 The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest of the other universes , and it is about 700,000 light - years away . In whatever direction we look ...
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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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