Prelude to Space (2012)
“said McAndrews, “when you were going to ask that question. The answer’s rather complicated.”
“I’ll be very much surprised,” Dirk answered dryly, “if it’s quite as involved as the machinations of the Medici family.”
“Perhaps not; we’ve never used assassination yet, though we’ve often felt like it.
Miss Reynolds, will you take any calls while I talk with Dr. Alexson? Thank you.
“Well, as you know, the foundations of astronautics—the science of space travel—had been pretty well laid at the end of the Second World War. V. 2 and atomic energy had convinced most people that space could be crossed, if anyone wanted to do it. There were several societies, in England and the States, actively promulgating the idea that we should go to the Moon and the planets. They made steady but slow progress until the 1950s, when things really started to get moving.
“In 1959, as you may—er—just remember, the American Army’s guided missile ‘Orphan Annie’ hit the Moon with twenty-five pound...s of flash-powder aboard.MoreLess
“I’ll be very much surprised,” Dirk answered dryly, “if it’s quite as involved as the machinations of the Medici family.”
“Perhaps not; we’ve never used assassination yet, though we’ve often felt like it.
Miss Reynolds, will you take any calls while I talk with Dr. Alexson? Thank you.
“Well, as you know, the foundations of astronautics—the science of space travel—had been pretty well laid at the end of the Second World War. V. 2 and atomic energy had convinced most people that space could be crossed, if anyone wanted to do it. There were several societies, in England and the States, actively promulgating the idea that we should go to the Moon and the planets. They made steady but slow progress until the 1950s, when things really started to get moving.
“In 1959, as you may—er—just remember, the American Army’s guided missile ‘Orphan Annie’ hit the Moon with twenty-five pound...s of flash-powder aboard.MoreLess
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