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Much :Is written and said here anid abrcad atou

the D'oss.;iit

Of stellaI

nav-gatian. But what then willce the zeaning of -- is acieveent? h~

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Aat benefits can

accessibhiity of celesti al st.ace?

Many irazine celestial s.s

with people, traveIgr

fro= planet to planet,

graual settement of -:a.nets and extraction hence of benefiz.s wiich terrestrial

or-d-i.ar. colcnes gie. it

is far frca that.

now even to dre.- --oop is a

it

Abox;.t landing on big celestial bodies it

is so difIfic-ut.

atter c$ diszant futi;,re.

is ir.ossible

Even landing on such s=11 bodies as our

Cnly such

t-ile bodies and

oons like asteroids

(frcm 10 to 400 versts in diameter) are full- accessible. Main target and first achievements pertain to the sending of man into the ether, use of solar energy ana everxhere scattered masseslike asteroids and still

sm-a-Ier

bodies. "What a rash thought," reader w*ill say, "is out planet, without solid support under legs] and can take

it possible to live in ether with.. Only large planets have atmospheres

.

But first, landing on heavy planets is hampered in technical respect. I

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