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Much :Is written and said here anid abrcad atou
the D'oss.;iit
Of stellaI
nav-gatian. But what then willce the zeaning of -- is acieveent? h~
erac:
ty
- r
Aat benefits can
accessibhiity of celesti al st.ace?
Many irazine celestial s.s
with people, traveIgr
fro= planet to planet,
graual settement of -:a.nets and extraction hence of benefiz.s wiich terrestrial
or-d-i.ar. colcnes gie. it
is far frca that.
now even to dre.- --oop is a
it
Abox;.t landing on big celestial bodies it
is so difIfic-ut.
atter c$ diszant futi;,re.
is ir.ossible
Even landing on such s=11 bodies as our
Cnly such
t-ile bodies and
oons like asteroids
(frcm 10 to 400 versts in diameter) are full- accessible. Main target and first achievements pertain to the sending of man into the ether, use of solar energy ana everxhere scattered masseslike asteroids and still
sm-a-Ier
bodies. "What a rash thought," reader w*ill say, "is out planet, without solid support under legs] and can take
it possible to live in ether with.. Only large planets have atmospheres
.
But first, landing on heavy planets is hampered in technical respect. I
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