First Men to the Moon

First edition
(publ. Holt, Rinehart and Winston)

First Men to the Moon is a novel by rocketry expert Wernher von Braun,[1] published in 1960.[2][3] It tells the story of John Mason and Larry Carter, fictional astronauts traveling to the moon.[4]

Von Braun's book is dedicated to his daughters Iris and Margrit, who he believed would live in a world in which flights to the moon were commonplace.

Along with detailed illustrations by Fred Freeman,[5] von Braun's story is based on his own scientific knowledge and includes technical explanations of a journey into space. The novel describes the use of a method of investigating the interior of the moon using seismograph-equipped solid propellant rockets.[6]

According to WorldCat, the book is in 413 libraries.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The End of the Space Age". The Economist.
  2. ↑ "A Bibliography of Werner von Braun with selected biographical supplement 1930-1969". Mitchell R. Sharpe, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  3. ↑ Howard E. McCurdy (24 January 2011). Space and the American Imagination. JHU Press. p. 328. ISBN 978-0-8018-9868-6.
  4. ↑ "1960s spacesuit designs from Wernher von Braun's science fiction novel" Matt Novak, I09
  5. ↑ David Meerman Scott; Richard Jurek (28 February 2014). Marketing the Moon: The Selling of the Apollo Lunar Program. MIT Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-262-02696-3.
  6. ↑ "Robotics: Pushing the Envelope". Centauri Dreams by Paul Gilster on September 5, 2012
  7. ↑ WorldCat item record

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