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Re: Wreck of the Titan

From: Ron Miller <rmiller~at~crosslink.net>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 18:18:40 -0500
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

>Many years ago I read a copy of "Wreck of the Titan" at the New York Public
>Library (42nd St. and Fifth Ave). I hope it is still there. What about the
>coincidence of three men launched from Florida, they go around the moon, land
>in the Pacific Ocean and are picked up by the US Navy? Perhaps NASA personnel
>read Verne's book and followed his outline.


There's almost something to this! I heard a story at NASA headquarters many
years ago that I'd dearly love to be true (but fear is merely anecdotal)
that when the great debate was under way as to where the US should establish
its manned launch site--the contenders were Texas and Florida--someone got
tired of all the arguing, left the room and came back later with a copy of
>From the Earth to the Moon in his hand. He tossed the book onto the table
and said, "Florida was good enough for Jules Verne!" And the rest is history.

Ron MILLER
Received on Tue 31 Mar 1998 - 02:20:50 IDT

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