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... flywheel of an engine than an amusement park ride. Its foundations would be sunk deep into granite bedrock and the whole thing reinforced by heavy chain tie-downs. The wheel would be turned by ...

... SPUTNIK INTO SPACE''' by Vassiliev M. and V. V. Dobronravov ''London, 1958: Souvenir Press, 147 pages, $3.00'' This is a translated Russian book on satellites, Moon travel and deep space flight for the ... Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology by Frederick I ...

... INTO SPACE''' by Cleator, P. E. ''London, 1953: George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., 159 pages, $3.50'' By the founder of the British Interplanetary Society and author of "Rockets through Space" (1936), this book contains ... . "Into Space" is exceptionally well, and often amusingly, written. Extracted from the 1962 Publication ''Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by ...

... STEPS INTO SPACE''' by Various ''Philadelphia, 1958: Franklin Institute, 202 pages, $4.00'' Ten Steps into Space contains the contributions of ten authors writing on the history of the space travel concept, rocket operations, propellant comparisons, space ... Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology by Frederick I ...

... FLIGHT INTO SPACE''' by Leonard, J. N. ''New York, 1953: Random House, Inc., 245 pages, OP'' Leonard's book gives a science writer's coverage of space flight and its reliance on rocket and ... Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology by Frederick I ...

... MAN INTO SPACE''' by Oberth, H. ''New York, 1957: Harper and Brothers, 232 pages, $5.00'' Man in Space consists of a series of essays on the advanced ideas of the great German astronautical ... Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology by Frederick I ...

... SEVEN INTO SPACE''' by Bell, J. N. ''Chicago, 1960: Popular Mechanics Co., 192 pages, $3.95'' Describes the seven " ... Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology by Frederick I ...

... gun firing instrument-carrying shells into the stratosphere has actually been tested. As early as 1924, a serious proposal was made for sending a passenger-carrying projectile into space by means of a gun ... at a technical school, I read two books by Jules Verne...which shaped my life-long interest"); cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man into space; and astronaut Frank Borman. Astronomer Robert Richardson, in ...

... rocketed into the skies in the 1930s. Rocket flight has its roots in the seventeenth century, when legend tells (in tantalizingly explicit detail) of a rocket-glider flight supposedly made by one ... a larger scale, let alone being a pilot. During this time, however, the idea that space travel might be a real possibility was taking a strong hold on not only the ... as well. It was clear to the latter that the only realistic method of reaching space was through the use of rockets. One of the biggest problems they faced was the ...

... rocketeers, who were attaching rockets to just about anything. Austrian space travel promoter Max Valier was pretty much the champ at ... where they repaired cars and aircraft. They had been fascinated by aviation even before the Wright Brother's first flight. Probably ... appearances at fairs and airports. But if they had gone into full-scale manufacturing, they would have produced a rocket car ...

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