Space Travel
07, Feb, 2012

Exploring Space 1964

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

Even though it's written for children, albeit 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 974
2 Fireworks and Weapons 955
3 Driving the Rocket 914
4 Escaping from the Earth 886
5 Out into Space 932
6 Round the Earth 893
7 Space Rockets are Big 933
8 Steering the Space-ship 1485
9 No Brakes on a Rocket 1042
10 The Astronaut in Flight 932
11 Return to Earth 975
12 Journey to the Moon 927
13 Stations in Space 837
14 Target— the Moon 848
15 Lunar Base 849
16 How Much do We Weigh? 846
17 Planets Near the Sun 866
18 The Outer Planets 855
19 Out to the Stars 841
20 Earth's Man-made Moons 846
21 Watching our Weather 908
22 Dangers in Space 1451
23 A Telescope in the Sky 1175
24 Life on Other Worlds 1079
25 SIGNPOSTS TO SPACE 1094