Formidable difficulties stand in way of space travel even to nearest planets; these increase greatly with remoteness of goal to be reached; travel time to outer planets would be measured in decades, to other stars in thousands of years; temperatures beyond orbit of Mars are below freezing; temperatures beyond Pluto are below freezing point of air.


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    Title :

    Limitations of space travel


    Additional title:

    Am Rocket Soc -- J


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    ARS Journal ; n 71 ; p 3-7


    Publication date :

    1947


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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