Straight Up and Out…

A paper presented before the Senior Mr. and Mrs. Society of First Church Less than a year ago the vast majority of the peoples of the earth would have scorned any suggestion that possibly someday man might reach the moon or be able to travel more or less freely in space. Some people, perhaps, still do; its a fascinating subject. Indeed, almost eighteen centuries ago the first book about a voyage to the moon was written. This was in the time of the Roman Empire; the author a Greek named...