MAN AND THE MOON by Richardson, R. S. (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

MAN AND THE MOON

by Richardson, R. S. (ed)

Cleveland, 1961: World Publishing Co., 171 pages, $6.50

Anthology of articles on man's dreams of the conquest of the Moon from antiquity to the present time, with paintings by Chesley Bonestell. The articles appearing in this book were originally published elsewhere and have been gathered together into five sections dealing with (1) imaginary voyages to the Moon, (2) the Moon in modern astronomy, (3) the trip to the Moon, (4) life on the Moon, together with a section (5) on suggestions for further reading. Among the article titles by experts in astronomy and astronautics are "The Lunar Dust," "A Volcano on the Moon?," "The Other Side of the Moon—in Theory," "The Other Side of the Moon—in Fact," "The Journey to the Moon," "The Principles of Interplanetary Flight," "Landing on the Moon," "Mining on the Moon," "Power on the Moon," "Lunar Agriculture," and "Building on the Moon."

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III