Labels:text | screenshot | multimedia software | computer | software | cartoon | graphic design OCR: Arts & Letters SpaceAGE Salyut Mir-1 Skylab An Historical Perspective of the Space Station Alpha Others History of ... The concept of the space station goes back at least to Gallery Intro 1869, when Edward Everett Hale mentioned in the Atlantic Monthly the Brick Moon, a space station, 197 feet (60 m) in diameter with a crew of 37, placed in orbit to help ships navigate at sea. Novelists Jules Verne and H. G. Wells popularized the idea of space travel. By the turn of the century, scholars such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky were laying the foundations of space travel to orbiting space stations. The modern space station concept dates from 1923, when the Romanian-born Hermann Oberth published his theoretical treatise on the possibilities of large, liquid-fueled rockets. Die Rakete zu den Planet- enraumen (The Rocket to Interplanetary Space) was the opening shot in debate about the meaning of the space station that was to last for more than six decades. Oberth envisioned a voyage to Mars and perceived that a refueling depot in outer space (or "weltraumstation") would serve as a staging point for the journey. He quickly realized that a station in space could do many other things which would further justify its construction. Contents Appendix Index Back Print Print Setup Exit
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