PIONEERS OF SPACE
_A Trip to the
Moon, Mars and Venus_
By PROFESSOR GEORGE ADAMSKI
FIRST EDITION, AUGUST 1949
COPYRIGHT, 1949, BY PROFESSOR GEORGE ADAMSKI
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this book or parts thereof in any form_
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword and Facts About Mount Palomar
Chapter I From Earth to the Moon
Chapter II Surprise
Chapter III Visited
Chapter IV Honored
Chapter V The Big City
Chapter VI The Terminal City
Chapter VII Mars
Chapter VIII Venus
Chapter IX Return
_FOREWORD_
The purpose of this book is to clear, at least logically, some of the
misconceptions which the people have been subjected to in various
articles regarding our neighbors in space, using nothing but common
sense analysis on the basis of constructive law. Up-to-date, everything
that has been so far published has been based largely on the retarding
or backward law and of a hostile nature.
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Even in spite of himself in a lot of cases, man upon Earth is
progressive. Being the product of nature, man could be taken as a good
measuring stick for the vast universe within which he lives. Even
though he makes many mistakes which are against himself, we still see
nothing but steady progress by man on Earth, governed largely by a
natural law. We must then assume that nature herself, and the whole
infinite space, is on a march of progress.
* * * * *
It would be a folly to think, as many people do, that this small pebble
called 'Earth' would be the only pebble on which human life exists,
when there are trillions of planets and systems far greater in their
size than this Earth of ours, and with vaster natural resources than we
have. From the spiritual side of life it would be giving the Creator,
whoever He may be by name, very little credit for His intelligence, by
Him creating far vaster systems and planets than our own and not have
them inhabited by His highest form of expression, called 'man'. There
really would be no rhyme nor reason for such a creation.
So we are endeavoring here to reasonably speculate upon such
inhabitation of other planets. To be right, as one possibly could be,
we must use the laws known to man upon this Earth, which are the laws
of growth or progression, to give us some basis for measuring the
intelligence upon other planets and throughout other systems.
There is a common urge within every man that calls upon him from time
to time to associate himself closer with his fellowman. Yet because his
knowledge is not sufficient to permit a feeling of absolute assurance
or security for himself and his family, man ignores this call that
comes from within himself towards relationship with his fellow beings
and founds himself upon the law of survival of the fittest. As a result
his struggle for existence is thereby increased.
Using this analysis in line with the law of progress, it is natural
to assume that in every field of human relationship progress towards
such a relationship must be made somewhere whether it be spiritual
or natural, for there is no standing still. So if we take our solar
system and consider it as a sort of school system with our planet as
the first grade classroom, we should find progression from this point
on to infinity both in the material and the spiritual. And especially
the spiritual, for the finer quality of intelligence could not do
anything different than bring forth a finer quality of form. Since the
spiritual has represented the finest from time immemorial, it would
then naturally reproduce the finest in form and put its binder of
mankind into the brotherhood society. We on Earth haven't yet realized
this type of life but it is logical to assume that inhabitants of other
planets may have done so.
We can take the Earth in general as a measuring stick for many things.
Let us take for an example the well-known tree. A tree is a tree no
matter where you find it. Yet trees vary in their form manifestation,
differing in their size, height, and shape. These variations man
classifies under different names. Still the form is a tree whether you
find it at one end of the world or at another, and no matter under what
climatic conditions, for the pattern is universal. A tree in one part
of the world may be quite coarse and in another part of the world quite
delicate, but still it is a tree.
What the writer is trying to bring out is this, the geometrical pattern
of any form is universal. The effects upon such a form on other planets
are brought about through the climatic conditions of each planet, as
they are in this world. It is also true that the mentality of human
beings would have a distinct effect upon the forms, either coarse or
fine, depending upon the stage of development; yet the foundation of
the geometrical pattern for its form would be universal. The mental
would be a governor of whether that form is coarse or fine, pretty much
the same as the climatic conditions or atmospheric pressure govern the
form of a tree.
So the reader of this book may readily see how it is possible for a
fine quality of human life to be on other planets beyond ours.
Now let us ask a few questions here before proceeding with the book.
It has been said many times that the craters upon the Moon have been
made by meteoric bombardment. Is it really possible to have a meteor
strike a spot on Earth, create a crater by doing so and leave not only
one but in some cases many mountains standing within the center of
that crater?
My answer is 'no'. For if a meteor made a crater it would have a flat
bottom like the one in Arizona and other places.
Second: can we have extreme cold without moisture or moist air to make
it so?
I question that. Yet we are told that there is no air on the Moon,
while in the same breath we are told that the dark side of the Moon
which we do not see is very cold and the side that we do see is very
hot.
How could the dark side be very cold unless there was moisture to
produce it?
If that be true, then it is absolutely true that the cold air from
the dark side is not bottled up or fenced off from the heat of the
light side. According to known law, the heat of the light side would
penetrate the cold for a certain distance. If it does that, then there
must be a temperate zone where the dark and the light meet, which would
also make it possible for humans to live there.
Besides, the Moon is supposed to be of very rocky formation and it
doesn't make any difference what sort of rock it is, be it hard, soft,
or any kind, nothing can be held together in total absence of moisture.
So anything that contains moisture or is held together by moisture
will attract and give off moisture. Even metals will sweat. When total
dehydration takes place there is no longer form. It is dust. This being
true, it stands to reason that there must be air or moisture of some
kind or other upon the Moon.
Is the ocean near the surface void of fish because it is light
pressured?
No.
Is it void of fish because of a heavy pressure at the bottom of the
ocean?
No.
And all between, does the pattern of the fish change due to the heavy
pressure at the bottom or the light pressure at the surface of the
ocean?
No. The pattern is the same. The only difference is in the structure of
the form itself, complying with the various pressures.
In this vast universe space is like the ocean and the planets within
it are comparable to the various stratas of pressure within the vast
ocean. In each strata, human and all forms of life can be just as
easily as the fish are in the ocean. Since other planets about this
Earth planet are supposed to have rarefied air, then the human forms
as well as all other forms would be of a finer structure, finer and
more delicate as well as quicker in mentality. For we know that light
pressures allow molecules to move about very fast, while heavy pressure
slows them down.
So when we speak of a light pressure of air upon any planet and since
it is logical that it be inhabited, then it would be farther in
advancement than the people on the heavy pressure planet.
Scientists have analyzed numerous meteors and found them to be composed
of rock and metal such as is found upon this Earth-plane. This has
proven quite definitely that other planets are composed of the same
minerals as our own planet. Of course, this has also been proven by
means of the spectroscope which analyzes the light rays reflected
from the planets, but the meteors alone are proof to even the most
skeptical person.
Perhaps the most interesting discovery in regard to these meteors is
that made by Dr. Charles B. Lipman, of the University of California.
With the aid of modern scientific equipment Dr. Lipman analyzed the
interior of many meteors and found them to contain life-germs which
correspond perfectly with those found on our own planet. What a
marvelous thought to consider is this, that the great universe with its
billions of planets and millions of solar systems is sending from one
planet to another a message of all-inclusive life. These meteors drop
on other planets just as they do upon our own, and in their hearts they
carry the story of relativity.
Upon these facts, known law and common-sense logic we base what you are
about to read.
While this is at present in the field of fiction, the advance of
science is so rapid that it will not be long before all of this will
become a reality. Therefore we suggest to the owner of this book if he
wishes to, to establish in his community a round table for discussion,
using the book as a text. Should there be any questions in such a group
that could not be solved during the time of discussion, the head of the
group may send such a question to the author and he will endeavor to
clear it if possible.
Such questions should be addressed to:
"Advanced Thinkers Club"
c/o Professor George Adamski
Box 346
Valley Center, California
FACTS ABOUT MOUNT PALOMAR OBSERVATORIES
$6-1/2 million endowment of General Education Fund of Rockefeller
Institute.
2,040 acres.
5,500-foot altitude.
137-foot diameter revolving dome, weight 1,000 ton.
200-inch telescope tube, 60-foot long, weight 150 ton.
200-inch Pyrex mirror, weight 15 ton, 2-foot thick at edge.
500 ton weight of whole mounting.
20-foot diameter dome, housing 18-inch telescope.
45-foot diameter dome, housing 48-inch telescope.
Museum for display of astronomical views.
Cottages for maintenance families.
200-inch mirror brought up November 17, 1947.
First test picture taken December 23, 1947.
Light travels 186,000 miles per second.
About 6 trillion miles equals 1 light year.
200-inch telescope looks out 1 billion light years.
Chapter I
FROM EARTH TO THE MOON
Ever since man has been upon the Earth he has observed the stars in the
heavens and wondered about them. As he watched their movement across
the heavens night after night, his curiosity has been awakened and he
has wondered just what these diamonds in the sky were made of and what
they were like.
As his curiosity has grown, man has worked constantly seeking an answer
to these questions of his mind. Thus he has developed the telescope
from its first crude beginning to the present large two hundred inch in
the Hale Observatory on Mount Palomar.
Hand in hand with the developing of the telescope for the past quarter
of a century has gone the development of the airplane, and with it the
ever mounting hope in man's heart that soon he will be able to make a
trip to his nearest neighbor in the sky, the Moon.
This in spite of the fact that for centuries man on Earth has been
taught that there is no atmosphere on the Moon. Yet as the telescopes
had been developed to greater and greater size and perfection, storms
had been observed around the Moon. Also from time to time a state of
what scientists called atmospheric movements had been noted. Thus even
when our plans for making this trip were first being worked out, we
were of the firm conviction that the Moon did have atmosphere of some
kind. What we did not know was; what is the consistency of the Moon's
atmosphere?
We were sure that it contains a certain amount of oxygen, for as Dr.
Johnston said, "even if the Moon is all rock, rock in itself contains
and gives off oxygen."
Also we knew that there couldn't be any kind of atmosphere anywhere
without it containing oxygen. Therefore, since the Moon had rock in it
and since we had seen storms around it, there was no question in our
minds as to whether oxygen was there. The question was concerning its
quantity; was there a sufficient amount to supply the needs of Earth
men like us?
Now after twenty odd years of work and constant improvements, the ship
which we hope and believe will take us to the Moon on the first leg of
an interplanetary space journey is ready. Included in her equipment
are the latest improvements in radio, radar, television, photography
and all types of instruments that the best minds of science, using
the finest laboratories on Earth, have been able to develop for our
safety in making such a trip. The ship herself has pressure equalizers
built in her. These are so constructed that they automatically balance
the pressure within the ship to conform with the various stratas of
atmospheric pressure in space through which we will have to pass on
this trip. Because of these equalizers, we have no fear of our ship
exploding in air due to pressure differences within and without. Also
there is an instrument with which we can measure the oxygen content
of the Moon's atmosphere before even opening the doors of the ship to
venture out upon the Moon.
For ourselves we have specially made suits that will support and
protect our bodies through any type of pressure. By using our oxygen
masks we expect to be able to keep alert during the entire trip and
at the same time, by controlling our oxygen intake while carefully
watching our pressure gauge, to acclimate our bodies so they can
quickly become accustomed to activity in the lighter pressure we
expect to find on the Moon. As a precaution, we are taking along an
extra supply of oxygen, several large tanks full, to enable us to stay
at least a short time upon the surface of the Moon after making this
long and hazardous trip, should we find upon arrival there that our
calculations have been wrong and the atmosphere is such that we are
unable to breathe or move about without it.
An announcement has been made of our proposed trip and the interest of
the people throughout the world is very high. The date for our takeoff
has been set and all arrangements have been made for a round-the-world
hookup for radio and television, thus enabling all who wish, to listen
in and view our trip with us.
The big day has arrived and the atmosphere is filled with excitement
as thousands have gathered at the airport to see us off. It seems as
though Mother Nature herself is doing her very best to help us, for man
could not desire more perfect weather conditions than we have.
Our ship stands waiting on the runway, glistening and beautiful in the
morning sun as if she too is eager to be off on this new adventure.
The last details have been completed and we bid our dear ones a fond
farewell before going down the ramp and across the airstrip to the ship.
We check with the ground crew who are standing by. Everything is set.
We climb in, take our places, close the doors, then start the motors.
Their whirring is music to our ears.
The four of us making this trip are: Bob, the pilot; Johnny, the
copilot and radio man; George, the navigator; and Dr. Johnston, the
scientist.
This is the moment we have been working towards for more than twenty
years and we are just as excited as any of those standing out there
watching. They aren't sure that they will ever see us again; while we
are confident of much accomplishment and a safe return.
The ground crew has given us the signal and we are on our way to the
Moon! As we have climbed upward and ever upward, the speedometer
has indicated our speed at three thousand miles per hour, then six
thousand, then twelve thousand as we kept going up until we reached
a steady speed of one hundred thousand miles per hour. Yet with all
this speed we seem to be standing still, for the Earth has long since
ceased to be anything more than a large disc of light behind us. We are
travelling in space with nothing but space surrounding us, with the
exception that every now and then a small meteoric ball of amber light
whizzes past us as if shot from some invisible gun. These come out of
nowhere and look as though they are just getting hot; nothing like the
color they have after hitting the Earth's atmosphere. One big fellow
would surely have wrecked us had it hit us and we impulsively ducked.
But it too missed us.
Other than our instruments, the only thing that let us realize that we
are moving at all is that the Moon, being our objective, keeps getting
closer and closer. It alone stands out from all the stars in the
heavens.
Our radio contact with the Earth has remained clear although it has
grown weaker as we have climbed higher.
According to calculations by Dr. Johnston before leaving the Earth,
we knew that the gap, or neutral zone, between the Earth and the Moon
was not exactly halfway between these two bodies. He figured that
it started at the approximate distance of one hundred thirty-eight
thousand miles from the Earth and probably was about twenty thousand
miles in width, leaving us around eighty thousand miles to travel
before reaching the Moon.
As we approach this gap, Bob speeds up our ship in the hope of jumping
it instead of being caught in it and thereby becoming suspended in
space.
During our passage through the gap our instruments cease to operate
and we have the feeling that we are in what might be called a perfect
vacuum, yet it seems to be filled with a very mysterious substance or
particles of various sizes, all apparently quite stationary. It might
be described as going through a foamy or feathery condition of some
sort of elements which we have never before experienced, but through
which there is no resistance whatever.
Up until this time we had all been very excited but suddenly we become
very calm with quite a feeling of exhilaration.
Dr. Johnston's calculations have been proven correct for we are on the
Moon side and Bob is having to slow up the ship. Immediately after
leaving the neutral zone we noticed that our instruments began working
again, registering atmospheric conditions as well as a gravitational
pull. Also our ship has begun to take on an increased speed as though
being pulled by a tremendous force, which we realize is the Moon's
gravitational pull. This pull seems to increase as we near the Moon
so that Bob has to keep cutting down the speed of our ship; yet our
instruments show that the Moon's gravitational force is weaker than the
Earth's force, only about half of that of the Earth.
On this side we have also encountered a few meteorites of a fair size
but they have a different glow of color, sort of a purplish glow
instead of amber such as those shooting towards the Earth. They also
seem to travel a little slower than those approaching the Earth. We are
travelling towards the Moon so fast that we seem to miss, just by the
speed of our ship, the meteors that we otherwise would be encountering.
Our speed at this point is fifty thousand miles per hour.
We are approaching the Moon on the light side as seen from the Earth
so that at ten miles distance from it we begin to get a very good
perspective of the craters and mountainous area. Bob is having to
continuously slow down the speed of the ship.
Within five miles of the Moon we encounter a terrific storm blowing
from the north to the south. It is so strong that we don't know
whether we can make it through or not. George has decided that our
only chance of surviving is to go with the storm. He has instructed
Bob accordingly. With this in mind, Bob is speeding up the ship to a
point where he thinks he can enter this storm with a certain amount of
safety. The idea is to cross through it in such a way that we will get
continuously closer to the Moon and yet avoid being hit broadside.
We have made it safely and are only three miles from the Moon. We had
to circle it twice in crossing through the storm before getting into
the calmness again, but we were all so engrossed in getting safely
through that we failed to make any observations of the Moon. Now we are
breathing easier. Bob is slowing the ship down and we can get a good
perspective of the Moon. We are flying at only one hundred miles per
hour at an altitude of five thousand feet above the surface of the Moon
in the area that people on Earth call the rim of the Moon, where the
light side ceases and the dark side begins.
Of course this was all worked out months before when we were making
our plans for this trip because Dr. Johnston had said that if there is
anything at all favorable to human life on the Moon, it would be in
this zone.
As we have been descending we find what we expected, a belt-like
section extending as far as we can see around the Moon that has a
natural growth of trees and vegetation. In this zone, just at the edge
of the crater area, we see a small lake and not far distant up the
valley is apparently a small city. Skirting the lake on the side away
from the valley in which this city lies, extends a large forest of
trees or heavy brush beyond which lies a broad plateau which we have
chosen as our landing place.
Here on this plateau is plenty of room for many ships like ours to
land. And here we set our ship down, the first Earth ship to reach the
Moon.