From the Earth to the Moon

By Jules Verne

A cannon launches a daring moon mission. Coincidence or prophecy?

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In 1865, a bold mission to the moon begins with a cannon launch. As three adventurers embark on this unprecedented journey, eerie parallels to future space missions emerge. Did Jules Verne foresee the future, or is it mere coincidence? Discover the uncanny similarities and thrilling adventure as the crew faces the unknown. Will they succeed, or is this voyage doomed from the start? Dive into a tale where imagination meets reality, and decide for yourself if Verne's vision was more than just fiction.

From the publisher

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.

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