Friday, June 1, 2012

In 1901, You Could Pay 50 Cents To Ride An Airship To The Moon

Nice article about how the people seems the Moon at beginning of the twenty century, published at io9


The passengers wait eagerly in the ornate lobby of the enormous spaceport. Soon, a signal indicates that their spaceship is ready for boarding. As they wait, special displays instruct them about how their spaceship functions and what to expect once they leave Earth's atmosphere. Aboard the giant spacecraft — as luxuriously appointed as any yacht — they are soon on their way to a vacation on the Moon.

No, this isn't a vision of the future of space tourism. It's what happened in 1901, when people could pay a princely half dollar for a ticket to ride into space.

Read the full article by Ron Miller, HERE.

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