| On
reading Verne's From the Earth to the Moon - The profession of the artillerist
was central to Verne's story, From the Earth to the Moon. Of course. The
cannon designer of the day was the most apt candidate to solve the problem
of how to vault to the moon. The gentlemen's art of calculations 'regarding
the laws of projectiles leads to transcendental mayhem. Read
more. - Dec 15, 2002
Links
Project Gutenberg's From
the Earth to the Moon text
Zvi Har'El's Jules Verne Collection
Nasa's John
Graham on the beginning of space flight
On Melies' A
Trip to the Moon
Gilead's On Jules Verne
Virtual Bookstore
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Signature'
of spreading cancer -Dec 9, 2002, BBC
Commission
probes Ariane failure - Dec 12, 2002, Yahoo
Flurry
of Satellites to Monitor Earth and Examine Galaxy -Dec 10, 2002, NYT
[reg req]
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