6/28/2023 0 Comments Verne from the earth to the moonSeveral parameters are known from the book. I was always wondering….how accurate was he in describing the trajectory? Let’s find out. Having worked for years on Lunar transfers. Jules Verne is very descriptive when it comes to the trajectory, quoting numbers with several digits at times. The crew are launched in a large bullet-like projectile (called ‘Columbiad’) using a giant canon (the creators are the Baltimore Gun Club, after all). The books are an easy and fun read, and certainly a must-read for any space enthusiast. Unfortunately they miss the Moon and four years later the struggles of getting back to Earth are described in the sequel ‘Around the Moon’. The book describes the adventures of three men: Barbicane, captain Nicholl, and the French poet Ardan, in launching themselves to the Moon in order to land there. In 1865, the book ‘From the Earth to the Moon’ by Jules Verne was published.
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