Status Updates From Prelude to Space

Weakly-plotted, mostly lectures until the end; but Sir Arthur’s style makes them pleasant reading. Some surprising minor changes for the Post-Apollo HBW edition from the original Galaxy Novels edition, now available at the Internet Archive.

Galaxy edition p. 125; missing from HBW 159

Scientific Romances and Their
Effects on the Development of Astronautics' ?”
“You mean, "Science Fiction—Its
Cause, Diagnosis and Cure'

P. 112, 90 in GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL 1st publication, end of part 2

P. 106
80 It would be quite impossible to build one huge spaceship that would make the journey to the moon and back on a single load of fuel.
95 happiest… because he had been among men whose lives had a purpose which they knew was greater than themselves.

Old chemical rockets, like V.2 … to carry a load of one ton to the moon and back would have needed several _thpusand__ tons of fuel, which wasn’t practical

Futilitarianism