Your Trip Into Space (1953) part 2

Continuing my scans from this fascinating early space book.

They discussed in the next sections the building of a space station.

 An interesting concept, how to turn trash into rocket fuel.

The book continues with a trip to the moon. They evaluate a couple of ways to construct a moon lander.

 I also like this period illustration of watching the moon landing on television.

 I also really like this final closing to the book, with its positive tone that the reader will be part of a future space program.

Your Trip Into Space (1953) part 1

Poole, Lynn. Illustrated by Geary, Clifford. Your Trip into Space. New York: Whittlesey House. (224 p.) 21 cm. Cloth, DJ.

IT. Primary/secondary. Clifford Geary was the illustrator for many of the Robert Heinlein juvenile science fiction novels.  The book is heavily illustrated with spot illustrations accompanying the text. The book cover a variety of topics from rocket history and space flight testing, to a detailed description of a moon landing.  The author Lynn Poole was the well known host of a popular science program called, “The John Hopkins TV Science Review.”

 In this description of protecting the rocket from meteors, I find this illustration below in poor taste for a juvenile book :)

 In this section they discuss the "staging" concept to get rockets higher.

I will continue next week with the building of the space station and the trip to the moon!