In this post, we will see the book Travel To Distant Worlds by Karl Gilzin.

About the book

A speculative journey into the world of interplanetary travel just at the beginning of the space age in the late 1950s from a Soviet perspective. Some amazing illustrations help you understand ideas presented in the book very well.

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The youth throughout the world have been manifesting a great interest in the problem of space travel. This interest has long since ceased to be a question of idle curiosity: “Is space travel possible?” Every pupil now knows the answer to this question. The interest of our young people in the problem of space travel has assumed quite concrete form. They want to know what interplanetary flights are possible today, at the present level of scientific and technical development, they want to know what achievements have been attained in the development of remarkable reaction engines, which will be the vital part of any interplanetary vessel. These young people question the astronomers about the routes of future cosmic flights. They question the doctors about the specific effects of space travel on the human organism. They are interested in the possibility of a collision between a space ship and meteors, in the possibility of using artificial satellites of the Earth and in many other things.

In a few words, our youth are keenly interested in all the problems covered by the science of space travel. This science has already developed to such an extent, especially during the past decade, that it is impossible even to attempt any detailed account of its achievements in any one book.

If this publication succeeds in replying to some of the questions put by our young readers, if it arouses their greater interest and curiosity, its aim will have been achieved.

Translated from the Russian by Pauline Rose
Illustrated by N. Kolchitsky
Designed by G. Dauman

Many thanks to @hawakajhonka for making the book available and help with the scans.

You can get the book here.
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