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The Mars Project

Wernher Von Braun

Wernher von Braun's 1953 classic about the technical challenges of space travel to Mars. This volume is based on Das Marsprojekt, a special issue of the magazine Weltraumfahrt, published in Germany in 1952.

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It was described as a technical tale that was mentioned in a listener's email. The book extrapolated on rocketry technology from the 1950s and featured a fictional Martian civilization.

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In Broner von Braun's book, he mentioned the position in the Martian government. It takes the title of Elon, which is basically the leader of Mars, I believe is what it means.

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It was described as a technical tale that was mentioned in a listener's email. The book extrapolated on rocketry technology from the 1950s and featured a fictional Martian civilization.

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In Broner von Braun's book, he mentioned the position in the Martian government. It takes the title of Elon, which is basically the leader of Mars, I believe is what it means.

The Martian government was directed by 10 men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled Elon.

No sooner had the door closed than the light went out, greatly to Hubbard's consternation. For he felt that this might be some sort of trap. He was about to make a rush for the door when Holt suddenly appeared across the table from him against a milky luminous background.

Hello, Glenn. How goes it? How on earth? I mean, Mars, did you get here so fast, Colonel? I'm not really here at all, Grindholt. What you see is my astral body. We're talking by Martian telephone and that includes television.

Hubbard was almost speechless with amazement at the full-sized colored stereoscopic telepicture for he would have bet his bottom dollar that Holt was really present.

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