Destination Moon Page #2

new devil.

Though nothing would tempt

me to ride in it.

But can we afford it?

I've been told you can, Mr. La Porte!

Now listen, I've known you

from way back...

Two engine planes weren't fast enough;

you had to go in for four.

Then props weren't fast enough;

you had to go in for jets.

Now, you've got something else.

Something that will go higher and faster

than anything before it.

You can't swing it alone, so you're

trying to rope us in on it.

Before we go along with you, you'll

have to tell us...what's the payoff?

Dollars and cents?

I don't know.

I want to do this job because it's

never been done, because I don't know.

It's research, it's pioneering!

What's the moon?

Another North or South Pole?

Our nearest neighbor in the sky!

- But why go there, Jim?

We'll know when we get there.

We'll tell you when we get back!

It's a venture I don't want to be

left out of.

I like our viewpoint, Jim. But there

are those here who won't see it.

They don't even understand it!

I've got a first reader lesson

for them.

Sit down will you fellows?

Gentlemen!

May I have your attention please?

If you'll be seated, I'd like to show

you a movie prepared for this meeting.

We have one of Hollywood's best known

actors to play for you!

Alright, Sam!

I'm a busy man.

Dragging me all the way here

to talk about a rocket to the moon!

It's ridiculous!

Comic book stuff!

Comic book stuff, eh?

Life Magazine doesn't think so!

Nor Look, nor Pic, nor Collier's...

nor your biggest daily newspapers!

It'll never get off the ground!

No propeller!

Rockets do not employ propellers.

They use jets.

So do gas stoves, but they

don't fly to the moon.

Obviously, you know nothing

about rockets.

Now, let's pretend that umbrella

of yours is a shotgun.

Shoot it!

Who pushed me?

- The gun, Woody.

The charged not only fired out of the

muzzle,

it kicked back with equal force

against the barrel.

It wouldn't happen again in a

hundred times!

Shoot it at the ground a few times

quickly and see what happens.

That same principle applies

to rockets.

It is the same shotgun kick of the

explosives...

that throws the rocket forward.

That kick is independent of the air

around the rocket.

It also works in a vacuum or in

outer space which is a vacuum.

The moon is easier to reach

than you realize.

Oh sure, it's a cinch!

Only 240,000 miles!

Paved highway all the way and

a gas station at every intersection!

Fuel is no problem, Woody. The engines

do not have to blast all the time.

Just long enough to get away from the

gravitational pull of the Earth.

Following which you fall wherever

you are headed for.

Get in and I'll demonstrate!

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