Rocket Ship Galileo
by Robert A. Heinleinliterary work· published 1947
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Three teenagers and an older scientist develop their own atomic rocket, solve their own space problems and blast off for the moon in spite of mysterious setbacks.
Adaptations (1)
Rocket Ship Galileo was adapted into a 1950 film.
Destination Moon1950 · film · 92 min · dir. Irving Pichel · IMDb ↗IMDb6.367%A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully launch a spacecraft named "Luna" that contains a cargo of four astronauts. But a critical miscalculation of needed power to escape the moon's gravitational pull may put the astronauts' lives in danger.
