The Exploration of SpacePocket Books, 1979 - 237 pagini Presents a nonscientific explanation of space exploration and a view of future life on other planets. |
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Pagina 15
... later , in January 1952 . That summer , it became a Book - of - the - Month - Club selection , thus acting as a first - stage booster to launch me on my literary career . I have never quite forgiven Clifton Fadiman for telling the Club ...
... later , in January 1952 . That summer , it became a Book - of - the - Month - Club selection , thus acting as a first - stage booster to launch me on my literary career . I have never quite forgiven Clifton Fadiman for telling the Club ...
Pagina 28
... later of Oberth had focused attention on to the rocket , and even before the modern era of large - scale experimental work had proved the accuracy of these men's predic- tions , the rocket had been accepted as the motive power for ...
... later of Oberth had focused attention on to the rocket , and even before the modern era of large - scale experimental work had proved the accuracy of these men's predic- tions , the rocket had been accepted as the motive power for ...
Pagina 38
... later , it sets a limit to the speed we can de- velop near Earth's surface on the way into space and -much more important - it offers a means of making a safe landing on the return . This thin blanket of air , without which life as we ...
... later , it sets a limit to the speed we can de- velop near Earth's surface on the way into space and -much more important - it offers a means of making a safe landing on the return . This thin blanket of air , without which life as we ...
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Preface to the 1951 Edition | 11 |
Thirty Years Later | 15 |
The Shaping of the Dream | 21 |
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