tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post3982569958646285056..comments2024-03-06T09:25:30.769-08:00Comments on Dreams of Space - Books and Ephemera: Hammond's Guide to the Exploration of Space (1958)John Sissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18232677016091921767noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-2074952771150759582020-01-14T17:47:14.493-08:002020-01-14T17:47:14.493-08:00I have 1958 poster. Is this place still in busines...I have 1958 poster. Is this place still in business and do they have a more up to date poster?STPHNHOD1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745202509929101436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-81401826218021575832020-01-14T17:44:55.473-08:002020-01-14T17:44:55.473-08:00Can you order newer versions? I have 1958 poster. ...Can you order newer versions? I have 1958 poster. Is this company still in business STPHNHOD1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04745202509929101436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-1309591984961085982019-05-20T10:46:20.986-07:002019-05-20T10:46:20.986-07:00I raked leaves for two weeks to get the money to s...I raked leaves for two weeks to get the money to send away for this (if I'm not mistaken--and I may well be--it cost me fifty cents). Well worth the cost and toil. I had a Gilbert 40X telescope at the time; between that and the map, I daydreamed quite a few afternoons away in outer space, where I thought I'd go some day. Then I became an English professor. Life is full of ironies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595245896484004670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-65741123156944987192013-12-09T07:18:31.901-08:002013-12-09T07:18:31.901-08:00Mine bit the dust with the cellophane tape on the ...Mine bit the dust with the cellophane tape on the folded parts....but I have my husband's map. Just showed my son it as he was showing me new photos of "new" planets found beyond Pluto. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-42484525335192682722013-09-06T07:26:01.313-07:002013-09-06T07:26:01.313-07:00JUST FOUND ONE YESTERDAY AT AN ESTATE SALE FOR $5 ...JUST FOUND ONE YESTERDAY AT AN ESTATE SALE FOR $5 IN INDEPENDENCE MO. WoW, FEELING LUCKY! Thanks for posting this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-17740402137844235972012-12-23T12:51:42.846-08:002012-12-23T12:51:42.846-08:00Thanks so much for making this available. I really...Thanks so much for making this available. I really enjoyed this poster as a space-loving kid, and I've been looking for it ever since then. Happy Rockets, everybody!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-72982827016829735922012-01-05T00:31:18.301-08:002012-01-05T00:31:18.301-08:00I had one of these! I loved it, and the National G...I had one of these! I loved it, and the National Geographic's Map of the Heavens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14054226668349070.post-80918178909629949462011-09-11T13:47:19.935-07:002011-09-11T13:47:19.935-07:00First, I'm guessing that the "Interplanet...First, I'm guessing that the "Interplanetary Ship Central Control" is located in the "main ship" section of the "TV Satellite." In other words, it's an orbiting mission control for flights to the Moon and Mars. ("Satellite" referred to pretty much anything in orbit back then, and TV communication was futuristic communication.)<br /><br />The "Uloranoben," located in the same console with a solar aspect plotter and a radar plotter, might break down like this (keeping in mind its name was probably coined by a rocket scientist who mixed his native German with his adopted English). U-loran-oben. "Loran" is an acronym for "LOng RAnge Navigation." "U" might stand for "ultra" or "universal" (indicating something different from the terrestrial LORAN system). "Oben" in German means "above" or "ahead." So: ultra/universal long-range-navigation above/ahead.<br /><br />That's my theory, anyways, and I'm sticking to it. Until I give it up. :-)Tom Heringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12350251957104818496noreply@blogger.com