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Jim Stanley, who had helped to build the first space station, was thrilled to return to it as a member of the crew selected to erect the ships which would fulfill Man's age-long dream to reach the Moon. A total effort was being made to surpass the progress achieved in outer space by an enemy Combine. It was believed that if this foreign group scored the initial landing and gained control of the cold planet, the world would be threatened. The desperate effort to forge ahead of the Combine show more suddenly turns into a race against death when a young, space-happy boy takes off alone for the Moon in an inadequate ship. Although hampered by accidents, false rumors, and conflicts on Earth below, the crew works with frantic haste and grim determination to get the ships underway and to the boy in time. Jim Stanley, as mechanic and pilot, contributes a major share in the task of construction and on the tense rescue journey. Here is a gripping account of pioneers in space by one of science fictions best known and most skillful writers. Jim Stanley's adventures on the first flight to the Moon make a lusty and exciting tale for all who love to envision man's ultimate conquest of space. show lessTags
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This 3 book series ([b:Mission to the Moon : A Science Fiction Novel|3070758|Mission to the Moon A Science Fiction Novel|Lester del Rey|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg|3101778] and [b:Moon of Mutiny|230433|Moon of Mutiny|Lester del Rey|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517988qMaaL._SL75_.jpg|2278224]) and [b:The Stars Are Ours|462396|The Stars Are Ours|Andre Norton|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51SS77jxTwL._SL75_.jpg|3118340] are what hooked me on the Science Fiction genre. Surprisingly not that dated on re-reading although of course you can find science errors compared to modern scientific findings. I was a lucky little third grader when a neighbor asked if I wanted a box of her husband's old books (she show more was strictly a romance reader) and boy have I been grateful ever since (I am now almost 50) show less
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- Canonical title
- Mission to the Moon
- Original publication date
- 1956
- Dedication
- To Douglas and Karen who may see it happen!
- First words
- Many people believe that the conquest of space began when President Eisenhower announced that the United States would send tiny satellites up to circle the Earth in 1957 or 1958.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They stood quietly then, studying the new world that was to be their home.
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 839.78 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish miscellany
- LCC
- PZ7 .D386 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Danish, English, Swedish
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- Paper, Ebook
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