Sujet

Brick Moon Space Station Concept, 1869. Creator: NASA.

Légende

Brick Moon Space Station Concept, 1869. Artist's impression. "The Brick Moon" was the title of an article published in the Atlantic Monthly by Edward Everett Hale in 1869. This piece was the first known proposal for an Earth-orbiting satellite. Hale envisioned that the satellite could be used by mariners as a navigational aid. He believed it would be the longitudinal companion to the latitudinal North Star. In 1869, this story was considered fantasy but in retrospect "The Brick Moon" foreshadowed the need for a space station and some of its technologies.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Space

Notre référence

HRM21B20_213

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Non

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Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

72,5Mo (3,3Mo) / 47,7cm x 38,1cm / 5633 x 4500 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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