Art by Jack Coggins for the book “By Space Ship to the Moon” by Jack Coggins and Fletcher Pratt. New York: Random House, (1952).
"Crewman wheels fuel tank from cave, as moon-to-earth missile is readied for firing."
The use of the station on the moon as a military base for defense purposes, thankfully, didn't happen. Here is what the authors had proposed:
"The station on the moon would be pretty safe against any kind of attack from earth. . . and guided missiles fired from the moon against a target on earth would be almost impossible to stop. So the first trip to the moon will be made to explore for a place where a military base can be set up." [From the text]
Wouldn't expect anything less from the paranoid fifties.
Art by Jack Coggins for the book “By Space Ship to the Moon” by Jack Coggins and Fletcher Pratt. New York: Random House, (1952).
"Crewman wheels fuel tank from cave, as moon-to-earth missile is readied for firing."
The use of the station on the moon as a military base for defense purposes, thankfully, didn't happen. Here is what the authors had proposed:
"The station on the moon would be pretty safe against any kind of attack from earth. . . and guided missiles fired from the moon against a target on earth would be almost impossible to stop. So the first trip to the moon will be made to explore for a place where a military base can be set up." [From the text]
Wouldn't expect anything less from the paranoid fifties.