Originally Posted by
Geoff Withnell
Are you aware of RAH's juvenile novels? Many written for Boy's Life magazine in the 50's. The science and cosmology are a bit dated, as is only to be expected, but they are cracking good stories, suitable for children and adults. Many credit these stories with the success of NASA, since just about every NASA astronaut and space scientist grow up on them.
Geoff Withnell
Heinlein fan and former rocket scientist
Geoff I'd never heard of these stories. I'll have to do some searching and see if I can come up with some of them. If RAH inspired the early astronauts growing up in the 50's it sure crossed well into the 60's and early 70's to inspire a whole other generation to want to explore space too.
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