- Title Pages
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE Trio of Ideas
- CHAPTER TWO Life on the Moon
- CHAPTER THREE From the Moon to the Planets
- CHAPTER FOUR The Ascension of Mars
- CHAPTER FIVE Percival Lowell
- CHAPTER SIX Mars Unveiled
- CHAPTER SEVEN Carl Sagan
- CHAPTER EIGHT Life in an Expanding Universe
- CHAPTER NINE The Trajectory
- CHAPTER TEN Mirror Worlds
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Afterword
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- INDEX
From the Moon to the Planets
From the Moon to the Planets
- Chapter:
- (p.31) CHAPTER THREE From the Moon to the Planets
- Source:
- Civilized Life in the Universe
- Author(s):
George Basalla
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
In the 17th century, John Wilkins and Bernard Fontenelle discussed space travel and the nature of extraterrestrial life in book-length studies. In 1697, Christiaan Huygens published Kosmotheoros, an extended work on planetary life and civilization. All three men used maritime analogies in describing planetary exploration. The modern American space program (NASA) continues to draw upon similar analogies when discussing space and space travel.
Keywords: maritime analogies, Bernard Fontenelle, Christiaan Huygens, Kosmotheoros, NASA, John Wilkins
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE Trio of Ideas
- CHAPTER TWO Life on the Moon
- CHAPTER THREE From the Moon to the Planets
- CHAPTER FOUR The Ascension of Mars
- CHAPTER FIVE Percival Lowell
- CHAPTER SIX Mars Unveiled
- CHAPTER SEVEN Carl Sagan
- CHAPTER EIGHT Life in an Expanding Universe
- CHAPTER NINE The Trajectory
- CHAPTER TEN Mirror Worlds
- CHAPTER ELEVEN Afterword
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- INDEX