This is the second part of my posting about this book. For part 1 see here:
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/06/conquering-suns-empire-1963-part-1.html
Ordway, Frederick I and Wakeford, Ronald C. Illustrated by Lange, Harry H-K. Conquering the Sun’s Empire.
Mars from one of its moons
Inside the Mars colony
One use for the asteroid belt is to help with the interplanetary distances.
I love all the hardware in the next few illustrations. Rarely do we see how different planets might be used or explored.
Everyone goes to Titan, go someplace new this summer: Callisto!
I am not sure about manned expeditions exploring inside Saturn's rings. Above or below maybe, but not in them.
When was the last time you saw a ship exploring Uranus? (ha ha He said Uranus)
The whole book has some great inspirational images. There was a similar book by the same author/artist pair called: "Life in other solar systems". Not as many interesting illustrations but still worth seeking out.
I was asked if this book is available. I am a big fan of the used book site bookfinder.com (http://www.bookfinder.com/). I see several copies available.
The futuristic Martian base in interesting. I like that there are trees in there. It even looks as if there is a figure mowing the lawn...
ReplyDeleteThanks for your great posts. I just came across the site this morning through http://walt.radiomensa.net/ ... as I posted on Facebook a few moments ago, the site really shows the awe and wonder that many of us who grew up in the 50s -- or even at other times -- feel about space travel. Agai, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI just pulled my copy from my home library shelf. A delightful book that continues to inspire the imagination. Thanks for sharing.
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