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Space Cadet is a 1948 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about Matt Dodson, who joins the Interplanetary Patrol to help preserve peace in the Solar System.The story translates the standard military academy story into outer space: a boy from Iowa goes to officer school, sees action and adventure, shoulders responsibilities far beyond his experience, and becomes a man.
Heinlein juveniles. The Heinlein juveniles are the science-fiction novels written by Robert A. Heinlein for Scribner's young-adult line. Each features "a young male protagonist entering the adult world of conflict, decisions, and responsibilities." [1] Together, they tell a loosely connected story of space exploration.
Starship Troopers is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein.Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, [5] the story was first published as a two-part serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by G. P. Putnam's Sons on November 5, 1959.
The militarisation of space involves the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space. The early exploration of space in the mid-20th century had, in part, a military motivation, as the United States and the Soviet Union used it as an opportunity to demonstrate ballistic-missile technology and other technologies ...
978-1-4169-5462-0. OCLC. 175286050. Followed by. George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt. George's Secret Key to the Universe is a 2007 children's book written by Lucy and Stephen Hawking with Christophe Galfard. Upon its release, the book received mixed reviews, and was followed by five sequels, George's Cosmic Treasure Hunt in 2009, George and the Big ...
The Magic School Bus is a series of children's books about science, written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.Designed for ages 6-9, they feature the antics of Ms. Valerie Felicity Frizzle and her class, who board a sentient anthropomorphic mini school bus which takes them on field trips to impossible locations, including the solar system, clouds, the past, and the human body.
Tommy Storm. Tommy Storm and the Galactic Knights. Categories: Children's books by setting. Works set in outer space. Science fiction children's books.
Hermann Oberth. Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian -born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. [3] Oberth supported Nazi Germany 's war effort and received the War Merit Cross (1st Class) in 1943.