Collier's is famous for their extensive "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" series printed from 1952-54, but this is from another article of theirs on a similar topic printed several years before.
"Next Stop The Moon" (Collier's Magazine, September 1946)
Collier's is famous for their extensive "Man Will Conquer Space Soon!" series printed from 1952-54, but this is from another article of theirs on a similar topic printed several years before.
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barooboodoo@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
🎵We're whalers on the moon🎵
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 1y
"encased in weird moon suits" interesting to choice of words
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
uh what are the shields and harpoons for?
pauldrye@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
The shields are thermocouples to generate solar power, in those days before photovoltaic cells -- well, they'd just been patented a few months before and nobody had heard of them yet or even knew why they worked.
The poles are, I think, just trekking poles with gaffs on them to help with steep inclines.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
oh good I thought they imagined they would be fighting the moon aliens