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Encyclopedia > The Brick Moon

The Brick Moon is a short story by Edward Everett Hale, published serially in The Atlantic Monthly starting in 1869.[1][2] It is a work of speculative fiction containing the first known depiction of an artificial satellite. This article is in need of attention. ... Statue of Edward Everett Hale in Boston Public Garden, by Bela Pratt. ... The Atlantic redirects here; for the ocean, see Atlantic Ocean. ... Speculative fiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ...


Synopsis

The Brick Moon is written as if it were a journal. It describes the construction and launch into orbit of a sphere, 200 ft. in diameter, built of bricks. It is intended as a navigational aid, but is accidentally launched with people aboard. It thus also provides the first known fictional description of a space station. m. ... The International Space Station in 2006 A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. ...


References

  1. ^ The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale. Project Gutenberg.
  2. ^ Contents - The Atlantic monthly. Volume 24, Issue 141. Cornell University Library.

 

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