The Galileo Club had just finished its latest backyard launch of a miniature rocket � with mixed results � when the uncle of one of the three club members arrives with a startling proposal: to join him in preparing his �cut-rate� rocket and making mankind�s first trip to the moon.� Despite mysterious sabotage attempts and a restraining �court order�, Doctor Cargraves and the three � Art, Morrie and Ross � manage to blast off successfully.� Reaching the moon proves even tougher than expected, and the moon has plenty of surprises in store. Leaving post-war America does not mean leaving all your enemies behind!
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Careful and exciting science, witty, smart dialog, its lessons of responsibility and the transition from �boys� to �men� have made ROCKET SHIP GALILEO one of Heinlein�s most influential books since its first publication in 1947. The importance of this classic in attracting young people to careers� in science and technology, as well as developing abiding interests among all its readers in spaceflight, has been widely noted.
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Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein
The Galileo Club had just finished its latest backyard launch of a miniature rocket � with mixed results � when the uncle of one of the three club members arrives with a startling proposal: to join him in preparing his �cut-rate� rocket and making mankind�s first trip to the moon.� Despite mysterious sabotage attempts and a restraining �court order�, Doctor Cargraves and the three � Art, Morrie and Ross � manage to blast off successfully.� Reaching the moon proves even tougher than expected, and the moon has plenty of surprises in store. Leaving post-war America does not mean leaving all your enemies behind!
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Careful and exciting science, witty, smart dialog, its lessons of responsibility and the transition from �boys� to �men� have made ROCKET SHIP GALILEO one of Heinlein�s most influential books since its first publication in 1947. The importance of this classic in attracting young people to careers� in science and technology, as well as developing abiding interests among all its readers in spaceflight, has been widely noted.