TRIP TO THE MOON
» A party of Eussian scientists intend shortly to start for the moon in a rocket-like apparatus. capable of carrying 11 persons. Nd details are given in. the message, which comes from Moscow (says the London • "Observer"), but, assuming that it is a serious and definite project to reach the moon, the Bussian rocket is no doubt designed on the lines suggested by the American and German experimenters. Theoretically, it might be-possible to reach the moon by some such method, but the plight of any human beings who landed on it is not pleasant to contemplate. And what of the return journey? That, of course, must be provided for. The rocket must then be fired from the moon at the earth. Once safely started on the earthward voyage, the rest should be easy, for the velocity necessary to overcome the lunar gravitational pull would be barely one mile a second, instead of seven miles when leaving the earth. But when nearing the earth the trouble would be to maintain a reasonably slow speed, for every second it would be accelerated by the gravitational pull downwards.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 3
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188TRIP TO THE MOON Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 107, 2 November 1926, Page 3
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