Space Travel
04, Sep, 2010

Exploring Space 1964

This section is taken from a wonderful book from the UK aimed at smart young boys, called Exploring Space, a Ladybird Achievment Book.

Even though it's written for children, all be it smart ones, it does have some splendid insights into what people thought about space and, in particular, flying to the Moon. Some of its future predictions aren't that far off the mark, considering it was written at the dawn of space travel.

 

1 Storybook Space-flight 628
2 Fireworks and Weapons 622
3 Driving the Rocket 611
4 Escaping from the Earth 598
5 Out into Space 634
6 Round the Earth 629
7 Space Rockets are Big 597
8 Steering the Space-ship 806
9 No Brakes on a Rocket 667
10 The Astronaut in Flight 578
11 Return to Earth 600
12 Journey to the Moon 609
13 Stations in Space 529
14 Target— the Moon 575
15 Lunar Base 567
16 How Much do We Weigh? 594
17 Planets Near the Sun 580
18 The Outer Planets 551
19 Out to the Stars 584
20 Earth's Man-made Moons 593
21 Watching our Weather 678
22 Dangers in Space 869
23 A Telescope in the Sky 810
24 Life on Other Worlds 786
25 SIGNPOSTS TO SPACE 794