The Exploration of SpaceTemple Press, 1951 - 198 pagini |
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... moving in its orbit at 107,000 m.p.h. , the Earth at a more modest 68,000 and Pluto at a mere 10,000 m.p.h. The second important point is that almost all the planets lie in or very near the same plane , so that the Solar System is ...
... moving in its orbit at 107,000 m.p.h. , the Earth at a more modest 68,000 and Pluto at a mere 10,000 m.p.h. The second important point is that almost all the planets lie in or very near the same plane , so that the Solar System is ...
Pagina 52
... moving freely in empty space , with its motors cut off , is not resisting gravity : on the contrary , it is letting gravity take it where it will . It is sometimes said to be in free fall , but this is perhaps an unfortunate phrase ...
... moving freely in empty space , with its motors cut off , is not resisting gravity : on the contrary , it is letting gravity take it where it will . It is sometimes said to be in free fall , but this is perhaps an unfortunate phrase ...
Pagina 100
... moving past the portholes . Even then the impression would be a purely psychological one - of the kind most people have experienced when sitting in a train and seeing another apparently moving on a parallel track . In those ...
... moving past the portholes . Even then the impression would be a purely psychological one - of the kind most people have experienced when sitting in a train and seeing another apparently moving on a parallel track . In those ...
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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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