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... the Geo-political isolation of that country at the time. Nonetheless, Goddard, as is now well documented, became more secretive in his continued experiments and even his flight of the ... the atmosphere...(and) we might with such a machine transcend boundaries of our globe (Earth), and visit other orbs.” Yet, Leitch wrote boldly those words at a time when the ...

... AEROSPACE MEDICINE''' by Armstrong, H. G. (ed) ''Baltimore, 1961: Williams and Wilkins Co., 633 pages, $18.00'' This book is the successor to the earlier "Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine"; however, it must ... of a total of 32. There are 21 contributing authors to the book besides the editor (who supplies 11 chapters). Among the many subjects covered are: general physical examination; eye, cardiovascular, ear, nose ...

... H. G. Wells is to English science and space fiction what Jules Verne was to European --and the world’s -- science fiction. Among Wells’ best-known stories are ''The Time Machine '' (1895)'', The War of the Worlds '' (1898), and ''The First ... Press, 2006 note 65 H. G. Wells , ''The Time Machine'' . A critical edition with introduction and notes by Harry M. Geduld. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1987; ''The War of the Worlds. '' Introduction and notes by David ...

... Cover pic., “Practical work on the rocket problem” (Winkler at probably the machine laboratory, TH, Breslau). ... of the “rocket fad” of the time, p. 162. - (Prob. Johannes Winkler), “Introduction to the ... the Moon (H.G.) Wells ‘Cavorite' (a fictional anti-gravity means),” pp. 6-7. - “Remembering the Opel Days,” pp. 7-8. - Poem, “Schnadahüpfel” (About flight to the mountains and flight to the ...

... the one time may not be in our day.”'' Leitch concluded this particularly insightful essay by indirectly providing the entire premise for H.G. Wells science fiction story ''“The Comet” ''(written in 1897) when he discussed the ...

... Rogue Agent to Reach to the Moon (H.G. Wells 'Cavorite'),” the fictional anti-gravity substance in Wells' novel, ''First Men in the Moon'' (1901). This was followed by the anonymously-written article, “Remembering the (von) Opel Days ... does seem that the “legal seat” of the VfR did stay in Breslau for the time being. (Note that no mention is made of Willy Ley assuming the Vice-Presidency of the VfR ...

... the time that you were interested in becoming a naval aviator, had you been looking at the Apollo astronauts and thinking this might be a possibility? '''Hauck:''' Well, the timing is such that the ... H. ... the flight deck, down through the starboard entryway, down through the middeck and come back up and put your hands—.” Actually, we had reinstalled the ladder for 1-G operations. “Come back to the ...

... in London. Publication seems to have been suspended until March 1937 during which time the BIS moved its operations from Liverpool to London. Carnell began a new series ... Science H.G. Wells and Sir James Jeans - Reviews – Rocket Fuels, The Rocket Power Plant - ''' January 1947 ''' '''Vol 2 No 1''' '''Bulletin of the BIS''' - Editorial Technical Groups - L.J. Carter The ...

... ''' - H.G. Wells, Olaf Stapledon, science fiction, superhuman, post-human, extraterrestrial intelligence, cosmos, agnostic mysticism '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2012.65.20 '''Number of Pages''' - 5 Abstract Despite the history of mutual contacts between H.G. Wells and Olaf Stapledon, Stapledon's science fiction was not written under Wells's shadow. Space travel, for the `agnostic mystic' Stapledon, is a means to develop the full possibilities of the human species as well ...

... 200px Chapter Sixteen The Way Forward '''Joseph Pelton and Angie Bukley''' ''"… And when Humanity … has conquered all the depths of space, and all the mysteries of time, still we … will be beginning.'' -- H.G. Wells, "Things to Come" (1936) Why should there be space programs? Going into space is complicated, and consumes a great deal of people’s time ...

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