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Astounding Science Fiction (November 1952 Issue)
Copyright, 1952, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
DISCUSSION
The cover painting identifies with the lead story of ASTOUNDING SCIENCE
FICTION (November 1952 Issue). Often, science fiction authors exhibited
amazing predictions written a score of years before the actual event. For
examle, on page 9 of the story, THE LAST BLAST, appears the following
description of the future (1972): "Men on the Moon were no novelty. Twenty
successive landings had boiled away the world's capacity for amazement. A
feat is remarkable only the first time...Twenty times became
ordinary...Only a ship on Venus or Mars would bring a repeat of those wild
international celebrations..." Though six Apollo missions landed a combined
total of 12 men on the Moon, four more had been scheduled when it was
decided for various reasons to devote the funds to other pursuits. If the
four cancelled missions had been added to those that landed along with those
that flew by the Moon (Apollo 8, 9, and 13), the total missions to the Moon
would have been 13.
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