"The Brick Moon" is a novella by American writer Edward Everett Hale, published serially in The Atlantic Monthly starting in 1869. It is a work of speculative fiction containing the first known depiction of an artificial satellite.
"The Brick Moon" is presented as a journal. It describes the construction and launch into orbit of a sphere, 200 feet in diameter, built of bricks. The device is intended as a navigational aid, but is accidentally launched with people aboard. They survive, and so the story also provides the first known fictional description of a space station.
Contents
The brick moon — Crusoe in New York — Bread on the waters — The lost palace — 99 Linwood Street — Ideals — Thanksgiving at the polls — The survivor's story
"The Brick Moon" is presented as a journal. It describes the construction and launch into orbit of a sphere, 200 feet in diameter, built of bricks. The device is intended as a navigational aid, but is accidentally launched with people aboard. They survive, and so the story also provides the first known fictional description of a space station.
Contents
The brick moon — Crusoe in New York — Bread on the waters — The lost palace — 99 Linwood Street — Ideals — Thanksgiving at the polls — The survivor's story
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9788834178744 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Publisher iOnlineShopping.com ● Published 2019 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7160038 ● Copy protection without
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