GALLERY OF TOM SWIFT SPACE BOOKS
TOM SWIFT AND HIS OUTPOST IN SPACE
Copyright, 1955, by Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.
DISCUSSION
Tom Swift's space station features a rocket ship hub for docking as
many as twelve rockets at a space outpost. The above cover artwork reveals
some technical oversights. Note the crewman egressing from a hatch in the
rocket's fuel tank / engine compartment. This would be impossible. Though
the astronauts are weightless, the tool bearing spaceman stands erect near
the hatch as though standing on Earth. The claim is often made that the
astronaut wears magnetic grappling space boots. If this were the case, the
floating astronaut also would be standing erect on the ship's fuselage.
Three of the four space workers have no safety teathers. Since they, also,
lack a manned maneuvering unit (MMU), they are in grave danger of being lost
in space.
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