The set includes systems for designing starships and for celestial navigation, and visual displays representing planetary systems for design and space travel.
A science fiction buff, he not only dreamed of but actively pursued the development of interstellar space travel and mankinds exploration of the universe.
Emphasis is given to the personal stories of the astronauts and their wives rather than the technical aspects of space travel and the flights themselves.
Because liquids can not be practically compressed, they do not change density under high acceleration such as performed in aerial maneuvers or space travel.
Another counterintuitive scientific idea concerns space travel: it was initially believed that highly streamlined shapes would be best for re-entering the earth's atmosphere.
