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Sunspots, v. 6, issue 6, whole no. 26, Fall 1945
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Fall, 1945 SUN SPOTS Page 24 THE TRASH BASKET (Concluded) "Farnsworth, president of the U.S. Rocket Society, wrote a letter to the Research Council on National Security at Washington asking permission to use atomic energy to make a rocket in which Earth dwellers could travel through the universe at a rate of seven miles per second. "The discovery of atomic power means that rocketeers who have been shooting at the moon can raise their sights to the planets beyond', he said, in an interview. 'It means that some day there will be a regular rocket service to the moon and other planets. I wan to see a solar transportation system that would make the man in the moon our next-door neighbor.' "Visualizing the moon as 'The Chicago of the Universe" -- a shuttle station for rocket service to points beyond -- Farnsworth said atomic power can solve most of the problems that have vexed his fellow rockers. His principal difficulty, he said, would be in harnessing atomic power." Further predictions on the possibility of space flight came from Corporal Charles Beling, former associate editor of Sun Spots. When he was home on furlough several months agao, Beling stated that from what he had seen as a member of the Air Corp he would not be surprised to see man reach the moon within the next ten years. He based his views on the rapid progress of the airplane industry and the development of jet propulsion. Add quotes from Nostradamus. This time the atomic bomb; The first of the besieged will be attacked With fiery explosives that will reduce them to craters. The bandits will be ground up alive, At which time there will be never so piteous a schism in the Holy Church (Papacy?). IV:40. IF WE THE VISION WERE TO SEE By Lionel Unman Anon, anon, we've wished that we Could slip the veil of Time aside And peer into future years -- See what from use our futures hide. But what, I wonder, would we do If we could see the years ahead. Would we be happy with the sight -- Or put a bullet through our head? finis
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Fall, 1945 SUN SPOTS Page 24 THE TRASH BASKET (Concluded) "Farnsworth, president of the U.S. Rocket Society, wrote a letter to the Research Council on National Security at Washington asking permission to use atomic energy to make a rocket in which Earth dwellers could travel through the universe at a rate of seven miles per second. "The discovery of atomic power means that rocketeers who have been shooting at the moon can raise their sights to the planets beyond', he said, in an interview. 'It means that some day there will be a regular rocket service to the moon and other planets. I wan to see a solar transportation system that would make the man in the moon our next-door neighbor.' "Visualizing the moon as 'The Chicago of the Universe" -- a shuttle station for rocket service to points beyond -- Farnsworth said atomic power can solve most of the problems that have vexed his fellow rockers. His principal difficulty, he said, would be in harnessing atomic power." Further predictions on the possibility of space flight came from Corporal Charles Beling, former associate editor of Sun Spots. When he was home on furlough several months agao, Beling stated that from what he had seen as a member of the Air Corp he would not be surprised to see man reach the moon within the next ten years. He based his views on the rapid progress of the airplane industry and the development of jet propulsion. Add quotes from Nostradamus. This time the atomic bomb; The first of the besieged will be attacked With fiery explosives that will reduce them to craters. The bandits will be ground up alive, At which time there will be never so piteous a schism in the Holy Church (Papacy?). IV:40. IF WE THE VISION WERE TO SEE By Lionel Unman Anon, anon, we've wished that we Could slip the veil of Time aside And peer into future years -- See what from use our futures hide. But what, I wonder, would we do If we could see the years ahead. Would we be happy with the sight -- Or put a bullet through our head? finis
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