an automatic contrivance opens the cap, and ejects the parachute, which brings the rocket gently back to earth.’ 19 Feb. 1932.
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several hundred feet from the firing rack, and control the firing safely by electricity.’
19 February, 1932
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Canadian writer #LaurenceManning (1899–1972) as depicted in #WonderStories by an unidentified staff artist, ca. 1932
In 1931, Manning, along with fellow writers #GEdwardPendray and #DavidLasser, was among the founding members of the #AmericanInterplanetarySociety
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‘The day’s not far distant when rockets may ply the run from earth to moon, and colonists, encased in weird moon suits, may establish our new frontier in space’
#GEdwardPendray “Next Stop the Moon”, illustration by #AlexanderLeydenfrost