Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
Col Charles Lindbergh is soon to test a
nesO plane for speed with safety COM
bined.

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the engine affect the delicate structure of
the ear.
Low oxygen pressure at first over-stimulates
the lungs, heart arteries and nervous system,
producing in many condition similar to alco-
hol. Later, depression sets in and If continued
zoo long death or permanent injury may re-
suit. Flights higher than 5000 feet exhaust an
aviator far more than those Of lower level
The heart and all the factors the body can
mobilize must work overtime to maintain
efficiency.
After man has flown as long as he has
walked he may expect to have the necessary
resistance. The human organism would be gen.
erously endowed If its heart, lungs, nervous and
other physical equipment could continuously
surmount the stresses of hurting through the
air at terrific speed, sudden changes in direc-
ton and the rapid change in atmospheric con-
ditionS temperature and barometric preSSures.
Until then he must continue subject to de-
terioration when exposing his body to I'M
precedented demands. EyeStrain Deafness
catarrhal conditions of the nose, throat and
ears and the risk of nervous instability are
among the penalties he must pay"
\ AANY fantastic tales have been written
wi about trips to the moon and near planets
by men~of this age. These plans involve, pre-
sumably, the propulsion Of the human body by
some powerful agency to the far edge Of the
gravitatonal belt of the earth, where, entering
the gravitational belt Of the moon or planet to
be visited, it will pass to its destination.
Before such trip or trips can be taken two
requisites are necessary something In which to
make the trip and mechanism to propel it, and
the ability Of the human organism to stand up
under the strain it would be called upon to sus-
tain on such journey. Say, for instance, the
moon Is the object of a visit. Approximately
100000 miles of space would have to be trav-
versed. At 1000 miles per hour It would take
$50 hours, slightly over 10 days. Sufficient food
could be slowed for such journey and comfort
assured, provided no lower temperatures would
be encountered than have been encountered by
man at the height Of the airplane ceiling-89
degrees Fahrenheit below zero.
Today scientists in both the New and Old
Worlds are interesting themselves In rocket
propelled tubes for interspace travel. Recently
there exploded on Mount Redorta, near Vienna,
a rocket designed by DR.. Darwin Lyon OF New
York. The rocket was of aluminium, stood Is
feet high and weighed 800 pounds. It was not
the intention Of DR.. Lyon to fly this rocket to
the moon, but to develop through studies of it
a rocket which might some day carry person
to the faraway sphere.
But the moon is a dead earth. It is lifeless
and cold. It probably has an atmosphere, but
that atmosphere would not sustain life as we
know it on earth
Again, the gravitation attraction of the moon
Is much less than that of the earth, the exact
ratio being 1 to 6. If an apple should be
dropped to the surface of the moon from above
it, it would fall at the rate Of 225 feet for the
first second, as compared with 1903 feet on the
EARTH
So, while man could no doubt survive the
speed that would be necessary to project him in
a straight line to the moon, it Is extremely
doubtful-to give the most liberal construction
If he could survive the approach 20 the moon.
For one Of the things that science has discov-
cred with respect to speed and the human
organism Is that any speed Is safe as long as it
is not dovAaSed from too suddenly or the course
altered too quickly.
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