The Conquest of Space (Lasser book)
1931 nonfiction book written by David Lasser / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Conquest of Space is a nonfiction book written by David Lasser in 1930 and self-published in 1931.[2] It was the first book written in English that presented rocketry and spaceflight in a serious manner.[3][4] The book profiles a fictional journey to the Moon to explain the science of rocketry as it stood in 1931.[5] It uses contemporary knowledge on rockets to create a reasonable description of the hardware necessary to make spaceflight possible. The book was out of print until 2002, when it was republished by Apogee Books.[4] As of 2011[update], the book remains in print.
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Author | David Lasser |
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Language | English |
Genre | nonfiction |
Publisher | Penguin Press |
Publication date | September 1931 (original)[1] September 1, 2002 |
Pages | 192 |
ISBN | 978-1-896522-92-0 |
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According to the Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction, it contains the earliest known use of the word "astrogator", meaning space navigator.[6]