Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

All this talk about man
flying to the moon or Mars
is utter nonsense. If 1 read
my Bible correctly such a
feat is impossible. The Book
of the Acts. Chapter II, and
Verse 26 reads: He (GodD
hath set a bound to our
habitation." How then, can
we expect to leave this
earth? We had better go on
developing the guided mis-
siles, for we will need them,
and forget about interplane-
tary trips.
When God finds man ready
Tor trips to other worlds, He
will take care of the trans
portation. Trust Him and get
ready to meet Him in peace.
Oliver E. Thompson.
X \
Recent Soviet missile sue
cesses have made it more
than apparent that this coun-
try needs to set up a United
States Academy for Scien-
tif1c Research. In addition to
training promising men and
women for scientific careers.
this academy should special
ize in experiments concern
ing imaginative theories, and
, should collect, evaluate, and
coordinate information on
all such theories being worked
on by scientists in other coun-
tries.
According to German mis-
sile experts who were CUES
toned after World War II.
the Germans got their basic
conception of rocket propul-
sion from 15c pamphlet put
out by the Smithsonian Insti-
ton. 1t seems that some
"crackpot" inventor in Mas
sachusetts succeeded in dis
covering the basic principles
OF rocket propulsion, but his
discovery was of little inter-
est to anyone in this coun-
try. His pamphlet, however.
reached pioneering minds
abroad.
The board Of directors of
the Academy should keep
posted on research being done
by private industry and
should contract private CON-
panies to perform expert
mentS where deemed dcsir-
able.
An alert and positive ap-
proach to solving the mys-
teries of the universe and to
utilizing for our advantage
the elements of nature is
VIAL. Jean b. McCoIlom.
"See. Son, there it Isl!
There's the new moon! It has
a radio, and many different
instruments, and a dog in it.
1t has air. food. water and
everything he needs. He can
even talk on the radiotele-
phone. He is the first space
traveller. He was sent up
there by the Puse'~ 80
so years ago couldn't even
make an Automobile.
Take a good look at it.
Son, because this is an i'm
portant historic event. This
is just the very beginning of
something wonderful. Peo-
pie will go up there next.
then they will go to the
moon, and to the other
planets. In less than a thou
sand years. there will be more
people on the moon than on
earth, and they will have a
civilization much grander
than ours. A thousand years
isn't so very long, really. We
still enjoy reading some
things that were written
more than twice that long
ago. Perhaps the people of
tomorrow will enjoy reading
some of the things we write,
some Of our stories. poems,
and songs. Because Mr.. Will
son and Mr.. Eisenhower
didn't think it was impor-
tant, and because they
wanted to save some money.
maybe all those people on
the moon will speak Russian
instead of English. A thou
sand years from now, they
won't care much about us. !"
But, Daddy. isn't the dog
gle lonely up there. with no.
body to play with him?"
If my six-year-old boy re-
sponded that way. Id forgive
him for being so childishly
short-siehted. At his age. he
should have a better sense of
perspective. Yet there are
many physically mature peo-
pie, with the right to vote.
who think like this! Are they
like children. so wrapped up
in whatever happens to catch
their attention that they
don't see anything else? Or
are they truly neurotic. COM
pulsively avoiding thinking
about anything important. or
new, or technical? Perhaps