magnificent designer and extremely modest person.”I
only pupil of the great teacher Tsiolkovsky. It lit a flame, I
only I support him until the dream of mankind is fulfilled” – so
he speaks about himself. I would tell that Zander though he now and “out of
politicians”, perhaps, belongs to that best part technical
the intellectuals which can work well together not bad with us as it worked well together
once it in the east. Here therefore we with you also helped Zander
to run. Well, it is full? We go, I will show you an amusement park.
– Here did not think in any way what in Stormer-city exists even
amusement park! Perhaps, there is also a cinema, cabaret, taverns and these… “red
lamps”?
– How the businessman will do without these institutions? Device
pumpings out of a salary from pockets of workers works here excellently. But
only amusement park here special… And, unlike other entertainments,
even free. It has great success in the local population. And,
it is necessary to tell, deserves that. It is very amusing and very instructive. Not
I will mystify you more. Amusement park not entertaining
attractions, and real city laboratory. In this laboratory
those conditions in which there will be participants are artificially created
flight on rockets – from start to the finish. Here influence of these is studied
conditions: accelerations and delays of flight, increase in gravity,
zero gravity and so on. Unfortunately, I am too busy that
to accompany you. But you also will understand everything. Here to you “entrance
the ticket” in an amusement park. According to this admission all will show you and all will explain.
Chapter 6
ABOUT HEAVENLY SCIENTISTS WHO SERVE TERRESTRIAL CASES, AND OF THAT LI NA NEEDS TO VENUS UMBRELLAS AND GALOSHES
Members of Spaseniye joint-stock company, future participants of flight on
to the first rocket, gathered in a country mansion of lady Hinton that
to discuss important questions of the forthcoming travel.
At a preliminary meeting scientists did not come to the full agreement.
The general meeting was organized in the hall of ancestors. If severely looking
from dark canvases proud knights could listen, they, likely, jumped out
from the gilded frames also escaped, – about such wild, improbable for
them things it was told here.
Guests sat at the long oval table laid by a white cloth
Elizabeth’s times. An ancient tea service with gold stains on blue
background, color candles in bronze high candlesticks, roses in vases,
gilded biscuit barrels decorated a table. As statues, stood at an entrance severe
footmen in gray liveries.
– It is given the floor to professor sir Abraham Kinbruk! – loudly
Stormer who undertook duties of the chairman unusual announced
meetings.
The English astronomer, yet not the old, stout man similar in the
tail-coat suit on the diplomat, slowly rose, softly smiled and
threw a meeting an inquisitive look. For any audience, since
the international astronomical congresses and finishing aristocratic
salons, at it prepared different styles and methods of a statement
material. “It is necessary to be at loss for words on ears, – laughing, he said in a circle
friends. – Not any word will get into the ear aggravated by diamond
earrings”.
– Lady and gentlemen! – there began Kinbruk and made a pause, once again
checking mood of audience. – Responsibility of the task assigned on
us, forces to be especially careful. I frankly have to tell,
that our scientific knowledge about whether there can be a person on others
planets, are very incomplete, limited. My scientific colleagues assume,
that in solar system there are two planets available for
human existence, is Mars and Venus. Alas, I cannot
to divide with them this confidence. In comparison with our Earth the planet
Mars receives twice less light and heat. If you landed on
Mars, that Sun would seem to you rather small disk.
The Martian day would seem you twilight of Earth. You would suffer from
cold weather. Perhaps, you would pine from thirst because on Mars it is not enough
waters. In eternal cold you would wander about fruitless sandy deserts
continents and to hollows of the dried-up seas. However, I doubt that wandered
.You just would choke with a lack of oxygen. It there very much
it is not enough.
If you want to present even more clearly living conditions on Mars, I will bring
to you such example. The highest of the mountain tops, known on Earth, Everest
rises by eight thousand eight hundred eighty two meters. Ours
the English climbers, the best in the world, could reach only height
eight thousand six hundred four meters. Any expedition did not reach to
tops. Ice-covered steep slopes of mountains, furious mountain wind, a frost – everything was
it is overcome. But people receded before a lack
