Big dreams and small rockets
Subtitle: a short history of space travel
Publisher: Crowell
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 71
Subjects: Astronautics; Juvenile literature; Rocketry
Description: Describes the ideas and inventions of men who, throughout history, have furthered the aim of space travel. Includes the first story of a trip to the moon, written by a Greek; William Congreve's refinement of the Chinese war rocket; Jules Verne's combination of space travel and science in fiction; and the work of Robert Goddard.