The Real Book about Space Travel

Author:
Harold Leland (Hal) Goodwin
Illustrator:
Clifford Geary
Editor:
Helen Hoke
Publication:
1952 by Garden City Books
Genre:
Non-fiction
Series:
The Real Book Series Members Only (Science)
Series Number: R33
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The Exciting Story of a Great New Frontier
High above the sky lies Space, the new frontier. A vast, boundless region which has forever mystified and intrigued the minds of man. Today, as never before, mankind is on the brink of its greatest adventure -- interplanetary flight into the unknown universe.
Why men want to go to Space, what they will find when they get there, what will happen to them when they do and how they will solve the problems of Space, are all excitingly described in detail in this absorbing book.
Here is a fascinating glance at the world of the near future; a world in which such expressions as escape velocity, nuclear reactors, space junk, asteroids, and intergalactic flight will be as common as automobiles and jet planes are today.
THE REAL BOOK ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL is filled with interesting information that will help people to distinguish between the possible and the impossible and tells them what they can expect of the future. It bridges the gap between fiction and fact and will make highly important reading for the science as well as the science-fiction fan.
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