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From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
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From the Earth to the Moon
Jules Verne
Verne's 1865 tale of a trip to the moon is (as you'd expect from Verne) great fun, even if bits of it now seem, in retrospect, a little strange. Our rocket ship gets shot out of a cannon? To the moon? Goodness!
But in other ways it's full of eerie bits of business that turned out to be very near reality: he had the cost, when you adjust for inflation, almost exactly right. There are other similarities, too. Verne's cannon was named the Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module was named Columbia. Apollo 11 had a three-person crew, just as Verne's did; and both blasted off from the American state of Florida. Even the return to earth happened in more-or-less the same place.
Coincidence -- or fact!? We say you'll have to read this story yourself to judge.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 1, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9781598184549 |
Publishers | Aegypan |
Pages | 136 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 8 mm · 208 g |
Language | English |
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