Rocketship Galileo
ISBN:
9780450006951 (0450006956)
Publish date: July 1st 1987
Publisher: New English Library Ltd
Edition language: English
This is a book that only a 1940's teenage science enthusiast could love. The first 6 chapters are spent on establishing that our teen protagonists are competent to assist an adult scientist in building a rocket and flying it to the moon, then convincing their parents to allow it. I gave up when the ...
Of all of Heinlein's novels, this one is probably the most dated in feel. Yes, others of his novels have that charming combination of ray guns and slide rules, but while others shoot for the planets or the stars, Rocket Ship Galileo, published in 1947 is about the first voyage to the moon--made by t...
I like a reasonable amount of information in the books I read and Rocket Ship Galileo was quite informative. The book begins with three teenagers playing with a rocket they'd made as part of their little science club.When the opportunity comes, to adapt their learnings to large scale experiment, the...
FIRST HIGHSCHOOL GEEK: Okay guys, welcome to the Moon!SECOND HIGHSCHOOL GEEK: Explain again how we got here?FIRST HIGHSCHOOL GEEK: Wallace and Gromit showed us how to build a moon rocket in our basement. The rest was easy.THIRD HIGHSCHOOL GEEK: Who?NAZI IN SPACESUIT: Guten Abend, meine Herren! Ve ar...
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