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astronautics: see space science space science, body of scientific knowledge as it relates to space exploration ; it is sometimes also called astronautics. Space science draws on the conventional sciences of physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering, as well as requiring specific research of its ..... Click the link for more information. . Astronautics Flash Gordon space-traveling hero. [Am. Comics and Cin.: Halliwell]
Verne tale of a group who have a monster gun cast to shoot them to the moon. [Fr. Lit.: WB 13:650] launch site for manned space missions. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:562] to escape his creditors, constructs a balloon and travels to the moon. [Am. Lit.: The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal in Poe] kidnapped and taken to Malacandra (Mars), he escapes with the help of its wise inhabitants. [Br. Lit.: C. S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet in Weiss, 437] early spaceman in fantasy comics. [Comics: Horn, 137–138] U.S. spacecraft capable of reuse, making travel more practical. [U.S. Hist.: WB, So:561] |
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| Says Leonov, "Practical cosmonautics has now entered a new stage: the beginning of a transition from research and experiments to large-scale production activities in outer space. |
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