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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... miles is an inconceivably great distance - yet there are also men who think nothing of traveling ten thousand miles in a few days . As speeds of transport have in- creased , so our sense of distance has altered . Australia can never be ...
... miles is an inconceivably great distance - yet there are also men who think nothing of traveling ten thousand miles in a few days . As speeds of transport have in- creased , so our sense of distance has altered . Australia can never be ...
Pagina 33
... miles away and almost a mile across ; thirty - six and sixty - seven miles from it , respectively , circle Mercury and Venus . Mer- cury is fifteen feet across , Venus thirty - eight — a little smaller than the Earth . Beyond the ...
... miles away and almost a mile across ; thirty - six and sixty - seven miles from it , respectively , circle Mercury and Venus . Mer- cury is fifteen feet across , Venus thirty - eight — a little smaller than the Earth . Beyond the ...
Pagina 38
... miles ) it still has ninety percent of its value at sea level . As the distance from the Earth lengthens into the thousands of miles , the reduction becomes substantial : twelve thousand miles up , a one - pound weight would weigh only ...
... miles ) it still has ninety percent of its value at sea level . As the distance from the Earth lengthens into the thousands of miles , the reduction becomes substantial : twelve thousand miles up , a one - pound weight would weigh only ...
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Preface to the 1951 Edition | 11 |
Thirty Years Later | 15 |
The Shaping of the Dream | 21 |
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