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Fantasy Fiction Telegram, v. 1, issue 4, January 1937
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FANTASY FICTION TELEGRAM Page 12 The only way a rocket could get to the moon is by a "step up system". I mean by this a series of rocket tubes which can be dropped off in space. An example, when the rocket ship leaves the Earth, one tube is used for a certain distance. Free of gravity, it unhooks that tube in space and then the space tube (rocket) is put into action, and so on, until the remaining tube, the "rocket proper" is used to send the ship back to Earth. This is the only safe way a rocket could go to the moon and return. Four such "steup rockets" would take us to the moon and back. The total tonnage of the ship would come to 40,960 tons. Herman Oberth, the Austrian experimenter has reached these amazing figures. Naturally, the weight of the "four step rocket" is surprising to the uninitiated. The total cost of this ship would be between thirty-five million and forty-five million dollars, almost as costly as a first class battleship. In order to reach space the rocket much accelerate the speed of six and a half miles her second, approximately 25,000 miles an hour. The power of the fuel must be strong enough to break the gravitational attraction of the Earth. What would be the effect of the rocket on industry? It would undoubtedly create new trades, a demand for skilled pilots and skilled labor, speedier transportation, etc. Its ultimate effects upon civilization would be far reaching, and bring many blessings. -------------------------- [Illustration of a rocket ship descending towards Earth.]
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FANTASY FICTION TELEGRAM Page 12 The only way a rocket could get to the moon is by a "step up system". I mean by this a series of rocket tubes which can be dropped off in space. An example, when the rocket ship leaves the Earth, one tube is used for a certain distance. Free of gravity, it unhooks that tube in space and then the space tube (rocket) is put into action, and so on, until the remaining tube, the "rocket proper" is used to send the ship back to Earth. This is the only safe way a rocket could go to the moon and return. Four such "steup rockets" would take us to the moon and back. The total tonnage of the ship would come to 40,960 tons. Herman Oberth, the Austrian experimenter has reached these amazing figures. Naturally, the weight of the "four step rocket" is surprising to the uninitiated. The total cost of this ship would be between thirty-five million and forty-five million dollars, almost as costly as a first class battleship. In order to reach space the rocket much accelerate the speed of six and a half miles her second, approximately 25,000 miles an hour. The power of the fuel must be strong enough to break the gravitational attraction of the Earth. What would be the effect of the rocket on industry? It would undoubtedly create new trades, a demand for skilled pilots and skilled labor, speedier transportation, etc. Its ultimate effects upon civilization would be far reaching, and bring many blessings. -------------------------- [Illustration of a rocket ship descending towards Earth.]
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