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1934 Perelman: To the stars on a rocket. Interplanetary space travel

$ 73.39

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Year: 1934
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Condition: The book was used. No missing pages. The book cover is badly worn, please take this into account. See foto.
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Space Program: Russian & Soviet Program

    Description

    Perelman Yakov Isidorovich.
    To the stars on a rocket.
    Перельман Яков Исидорович. К звездам на ракете. С 36 рисунками. The book was published in 1934,
    in Kharkov, publishing house "Ukrainian worker".
    Hardcover. Pages 80. Size 225 X 150 mm.
    In this book, Perelman, very vividly and excitingly, with entertaining details, sets out the history of the development of the earth's air stratospheric space, as well as the ideas of rocket research and flights - from fantastic to practical - and the beginning of their implementation. He talks in detail about the technical feasibility and conduct of upcoming flights to the Moon, Mars, Venus, the sensations of a space traveler, about mysterious space signals, the expected situation when landing on the surface of planets, the personality and ideas of Tsiolkovsky and other scientists from different countries - pioneers of astronautics.
    Contents:
    1. High-altitude flights. 2. Is it possible to leave the Earth. 3. From the cannon to the moon. 4. How the rocket flies. 5. What are the benefits of rockets. 6. The project of the revolutionary Kibalchich. 7. From rocket to spaceship. 8. A rocket of a new type. 9. Further plans. 10. Is the flight to the stars dangerous? 11. Sky flight. 12. One hour in the lunar world. 13. The world of planets. 14. To Mars and Venus. 15. Founder of starfaring. In the Appendix: celestial signaling. What to read next.
    Drawings, illustrations and photographs of the book are of considerable interest: a table of ceilings for flights of lighter-than-air vehicles, the rise of Auguste Antoine Piccard to a height of 16 kilometers, a USSR balloon: the work of the crew in the cockpit of the stratospheric balloon during flight, the image of the original sketch of the Kibalchich project and its modern technical study, a huge projectile for flight to the Moon, designs of various rockets, a battery of car missiles and the launch of a rocket vehicle, explosion of a large powder rocket during ignition, portraits and photographs of astronautics and rocket scientists, the alleged descent of a rocket ship to the Moon, views of the Moon, continents and channels of Mars, view of a rocket ship of the future, the arrangement and furnishings of the rocket ship's cabin, the routes of travel from Earth to Venus and Mars, etc.
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