From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon
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From the Earth to the Moon

Written by Jules Verne
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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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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781598184549
    Publication Date
    October 1, 2006
    Publisher
    Aegypan
    Original Publication Date
    January 1, 1865
    Page Count
    136
    Audience
    Adult
    WorldCat Number (OCLC)
    191067520

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