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![]() As far as I know, the earliest description of the "turnover" maneuver to slow a ship.
Here's another description of the same process, from The Power Planet (1930) by Murray Leinster:
Here's another illustration and description from Buck Rogers, 2431, published 10-Sep-1931:
![]() (Interplanetary Turn Over from 'Buck Rogers, 2431' by Nowlan and Calkin)
Compare to turnover from Off the Beam (1944) by George O. Smith and skew-flip turnover from Have Space Suit - Will Travel (1958) by Robert Heinlein. Comment/Join this discussion ( 0 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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