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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... look like ? ” " What may we expect to find on the planets ? " and , above all , " What will we do when we get there ? ” Very obviously , any such replies must at present be based on a most meager foundation of exact knowledge , and I ...
... look like ? ” " What may we expect to find on the planets ? " and , above all , " What will we do when we get there ? ” Very obviously , any such replies must at present be based on a most meager foundation of exact knowledge , and I ...
Pagina 156
Arthur Charles Clarke. seen with ease in daytime if one knows exactly where to look - but they must cut Venus off from the glory of the stars and even the full light of the Sun. It is pos- sible that direct sunlight may never reach the ...
Arthur Charles Clarke. seen with ease in daytime if one knows exactly where to look - but they must cut Venus off from the glory of the stars and even the full light of the Sun. It is pos- sible that direct sunlight may never reach the ...
Pagina 206
... look past the street - lamps of his suburb to the lights of another city , many miles away . The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest of the other universes , 1 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 . The Andromeda Galaxy is the nearest of the other universes , 1 and it is about 700,000 light - years away . In whatever direction we look ...
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Preface to the 1951 Edition | 11 |
Thirty Years Later | 15 |
The Shaping of the Dream | 21 |
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