Space Travel
11, Mar, 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 548
2 Fireworks and Weapons 558
3 Driving the Rocket 544
4 Escaping from the Earth 529
5 Out into Space 546
6 Round the Earth 560
7 Space Rockets are Big 515
8 Steering the Space-ship 604
9 No Brakes on a Rocket 561
10 The Astronaut in Flight 499
11 Return to Earth 516
12 Journey to the Moon 523
13 Stations in Space 467
14 Target—the Moon 506
15 The Lunar Base 501
16 How Much do We Weigh? 533
17 The Planets Near the Sun 517
18 The Outer Planets 486
19 Out to the Stars 512
20 Earth's Man-made Moons 526
21 Watching our Weather 603
22 Dangers in Space 691
23 A Telescope in the Sky 713
24 Life on Other Worlds 714
25 SIGNPOSTS TO SPACE 728