Interplanetary Travel 1957 - Digital Download

Here in a book straight from the Soviet Union, is the background to the birth of the "Bleep" - the Russian artificial satellite - the launching of which has so captured public imagination.

A concise and easy to read outline of the problems to be faced in the conquest of space, written by one of the Soviet scientists engaged on rocketry and space travel development.

How does a satellite work? What will Soviet space ships look like? What will be their purpose? This brief, informative book tells us what the Russians themselves think about the problems and dangers of space travel - and gives the answers to many questions uppermost in the minds of millions of people today.

Published in Moscow in 1957 - 60 pages