Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations by Frank R. PaulContains a technical appendix
Featured in Ron Miller’s “The Conquest of Space Book Series.” First published in English in 1930, this remarkable science fiction novel details the fate of three astronauts stranded in space after a daring trip to the moon. Based on the pioneering work of Hermann Oberth, this suspenseful novel is an accurate mirror of the state of the art of astronautics more than 70 years ago.