Behind Lunar Landings, Flights of Imagination - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Although pre-1969 stories of lunar voyages were often silly or satirical, Frederick I. Ordway III, a former NASA researcher, argues that they played a critical role in inspiring the scientists who actually put men on the Moon.“They all read H. G. Wells and Jules Verne,” Mr. Ordway said recently. “Science fiction got us all started in the early days, I think without exception.”
